Capital Z · secretary hand
3-shaped Z
Unit 12
A large Z drawn like a figure 3 or a reversed epsilon; the lower bow may run on into a long tail looped back under the line.
When is it a capital?
Rare; judge by size against the letters around it.
Model letter
No model letter yet. Ours is being drawn.
In real manuscripts
“Zouch”
“Zouch”
No tail this time.
Real ink from digitised records. The scans are toned to match the other examples.
In practice lines
Examples of this form are on their way
Don’t confuse it with
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