• London, British Library MS Arundel 140 / Unknown

tag to finish. Usage: 'seyth'; long 's' as two separate and defined strokes. Usage: 'Senec'; upper case letter. w Usage: 'wyf'; a 'w' with a fairly normal shape. This letter-shape varies wildly. Usage: 'went'; the left limb of the graph

• USA, California, San Marino, Henry E. Huntington Library MS El 26 C. 9 / Adam Pinkhurst

do not have very long descenders. w Usage: 'woot'; 'w' with extended curves above the graph. Usage: 'Wyf'; upper case 'W' for 'Wyf' in the rubric. Usage: 'wille'; 'w' with closed head loops. Usage: 'folwen'; a rather cavalier treatment of

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 39 / Life of Our Lady

oure wyrshipfull prince kyng henry the vth in the honoure & wirship of the birthe of þe most glorious maide wyf & modir of oure lord Ihu Crist Ahapitrid & markid aftyr this table that foloweth'. Flourished Initials: Black initials

• London, British Library MS Egerton 2726 / Hand 1

position, one of several on this folio. Usage: 'falsen'; long 's' is used occasionally both initially and medially. w Usage: 'wyf'; consistent shape of 'w'. Usage: 'Was'; the only variation in 'w' on this folio. Other 'w's which are used

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 739 (SC 1234) / Unknown

trails back up to the head of the graph. Usage: 'shortely'; Usage: 'wyfe'; the scribe continues with the tail of 'y' to the next letter. Usage: 'my wyf'; here the scribe continues the tail of 'y' to the next word.

• Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Rawlinson poet. 141 (SC 14635) / Unknown

long 's' used in initial and medial positions. Usage: 'She'; a version of the scribe's upper case 'S'. w Usage: 'wyf'; the left limb of 'w' often has a fine approach stroke to begin. Usage: 'wt(superscript)'; the scribe often abbreviates

• London, University College Library, Special Collections MS frag. Angl. 1 / Confessio Amantis

ends Schal maken on vs þanne but a mowe 3ra begins þat him was schape such a fate Sibele his wyf bygan to hate 3vb ends In euery place wher þei dwelle 4ra begins They ben alredy obeissant As Damoiseles

• England, Lichfield, Lichfield Cathedral Library MS 29 / Canterbury Tales

Titles: In rubric on almost every folio, with two paraphs on each page preceding each part of title, thus 'The Wyf' and 'Of Bathe'' Borders: Each tale begins with illuminated initial and three-quarter border, blue, gold, pinky-red, orange, green with

• Geographies of Orthodoxy: Mapping English Pseudo-Bonaventuran Lives of Christ, 1350-1550

Of þe manere of lyuyng of owre lady marie _ _ O f owre gloriouse lady marie maiden moder & wyf of whom owre lord I hes u crist tok flessch & blod", fol. 82v. Colophon - Secundo Folio -