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| Note that the only examples of the letters j and v are at the beginnings of words, and are effectively written as capitals. Within a word they would not be differentiated from i and u respectively. The only example of w is as a capital, but generally the form is the same as for minuscule letters. | |
| Writ of Henry II (New College, Oxford, Takeley, No.136). From Salter, 1929, No.31. | |
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