Two Charters: Letter Forms

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Letter Forms

We have met all the letter forms before. However, the two scribes do not always use the same forms, and it is interesting to compare them. Charter A is much more formal: the flourishes are more angular and elaborate. Charter B is more casual, and the letter forms less complex.

I have placed those you might mix up next to each other.

a
a
d
g
e
e
Charter A
1401
Charter B
1499
r
r
r
s
s
s
Charter A
1401
Charter B
1499
v
w
x
p
f
k
Charter A
1401
Charter B
1499
h
y
þ
l
b
Charter A
1401
Charter B
1499

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Return to Charter A.
Return to Charter B.

Capital Letters are also variants of the same form.

A
B
C
D
Charter A
1401
Charter B
1499
H
I/J
N
P
Charter A
1401
Charter B
1499
R
S
T
W
Charter A
1401
Charter B
1499

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Return to Charter A.

Return to Charter B.

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