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A |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-a.jpg) | Usage: and single compartment lower case 'a' is used throughout. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-a2.jpg) | Usage: as |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-a3.jpg) | Usage: A the lower compartment of upper case 'A' may be rounded or more angular as in version 4. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-a4.jpg) | Usage: And |
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D |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-d.jpg) | Usage: deuocion 'd' is looped and upright. The lobe may be either angular or rounded. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-d2.jpg) | Usage: shuld in final position 'd' often has a trailing tag. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-d3.jpg) | Usage: goddes | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-d4.jpg) | Usage: biden 'd' with open centre. |
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G |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-g.jpg) | Usage: gold secretary 'g' with horizontal cross-stroke at the head. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-g2.jpg) | Usage: goddes the tail of 'g' is generally quite short and may curve either clockwise or counter-clockwise. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-g3.jpg) | Usage: Feynyng | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-g4.jpg) | Usage: Glade upper case 'G'. |
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H |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-h.jpg) | Usage: helpe 'h' is compact and usually has a waving limb-stroke which bends first clockwise then the tail-stroke turns counter-clockwise. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-h2.jpg) | Usage: which |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-h3.jpg) | Usage: plight one of the only occasions when the tail of 'h' does not change direction to finish. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-h4.jpg) | Usage: Howe |
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R |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-r.jpg) | Usage: rich both modern and long 'r' are used with modern 'r' the preferred graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-r2.jpg) | Usage: after the stem of 'r' may be an oblique line turning at the foot as in the first example, or it may be crescent-shaped as here. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-r3.jpg) | Usage: wrought long 'r' is used occasionally. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-r4.jpg) | Usage: her(e) 'r' in final position with flourish denoting final 'e'. |
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S |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-s.jpg) | Usage: souerayn long 's' is used in initial and medial positions. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-s2.jpg) | Usage: goddes sigma 's' is used in final position. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-s3.jpg) | Usage: shrifte occasionally the shaft of long 's' is split. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-s4.jpg) | Usage: She |
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W |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-w.jpg) | Usage: woman 'w' is consistently formed with a long left arm which extends above the rest of the graph. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-w2.jpg) | Usage: rewle even when 'w' is in the middle of a word the formation is the same. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-w3.jpg) | Usage: how | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-w4.jpg) | Usage: Which in initial position whether upper or lower case, there is usually a fine approach stroke. |
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Y |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-y.jpg) | Usage: ys 'y' is usually, though not always, dotted. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-y2.jpg) | Usage: nyght the tail of 'y' varies in curvature. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-y3.jpg) | Usage: Honestly | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-y4.jpg) | Usage: ynnocence |
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Thorn |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL1.jpg) | Usage: haþe thorn is used frequently in all the usual instances but also as replacement for 'th'. | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL1-2.jpg) | Usage: þynge the stem of thorn is a curve, and when in initial position, with an approach stroke to begin. |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL1-3.jpg) | Usage: goþe | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL1-4.jpg) | Usage: Þis |
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Upper Case Letters |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL2.jpg) | Usage: To | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL2-2.jpg) | Usage: Be |
![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL2-3.jpg) | Usage: Ordeyned | ![](https://www.dhi.ac.uk/san/medievalscribes/images/BodAshmole35-8v-WL2-4.jpg) | Usage: Pawlyn |