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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-a.jpg) | Usage: bakbite double compartment 'a' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-a2.jpg) | Usage: falsenesse the hairline closing stroke across the head is sometimes difficult to see. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-a3.jpg) | Usage: Al this 'A' appears at the beginning of a line and may be a variant on the example shown in version 4. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And possibly the more usual shape for the scribe's upper case 'A's. |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-d.jpg) | Usage: dispyce looped 'd' is used throughout. The lower lobe is generally rounded. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-d2.jpg) | Usage: grauntid the upper loop is usually quite large compared with the lobe. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-d3.jpg) | Usage: mede biting between the 'd' and following 'e'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-d4.jpg) | Usage: Erledom |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-g.jpg) | Usage: grau(n)tteþ 'g' is anglicana generally comprising two rounded compartments. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-g2.jpg) | Usage: chidyng the lower compartment is often slightly in advance of the upper compartment. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-g3.jpg) | Usage: brogages | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-g4.jpg) | Usage: Glotony a degraded portion of the folio but just possible to see the scribe's upper case 'G'. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-h.jpg) | Usage: haþ the head-loop of 'h' is generally triangular in shape and extends beyond the line of the shoulder. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-h2.jpg) | Usage: hit the limb may be straight or curved. There may be either a small flick or a wider curve of the tail-stroke counter-clockwise. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-h3.jpg) | Usage: schow | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-h4.jpg) | Usage: hir |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-r.jpg) | Usage: rede long 'r' is used in all positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-r2.jpg) | Usage: ber |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-r3.jpg) | Usage: brogages 'z'-shaped 'r' is used after 'o' and other round-bodied graphs. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-r4.jpg) | Usage: Ire |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-s.jpg) | Usage: seyed both sigma 's' and long 's' are used in initial position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-s2.jpg) | Usage: symony |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-s3.jpg) | Usage: fals sigma 's' is also used in final position. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-s4.jpg) | Usage: Sciant the scribe's upper case graph at the beginning of the Latin heading which is underlined in red ink. |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-w.jpg) | Usage: wot the shape of 'w' is usually the same. The head may be looped or left open. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-w2.jpg) | Usage: schow |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-w3.jpg) | Usage: wittenesse | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-w4.jpg) | Usage: Witten a slightly more impressive graph as the upper case letter. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-y.jpg) | Usage: ydel 'y' does not vary very much. It may be dotted or undotted. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-y2.jpg) | Usage: envy the dotted version in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-y3.jpg) | Usage: symony the angle of the tail turning counter-clockwise is similar in all examples. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-y4.jpg) | Usage: fasteyndayes |
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Thorn and Yogh |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: þei thorn is used quite frequently, not only in the usual places but also as replacement of 'th'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: haþ |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: þoȝthes yogh is only used a couple of times on this folio as equivalent to 'gh'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/Douce104-8v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: sleȝthes |