Letter h · secretary hand
Butcher's hook h
Also called secretary h, hooked h
Unit 3very common
A small loop at the top of a short stem that sweeps down below the line and round to the left, then up to join the next letter.
Model letter
Write it
Watch the quill write the butcher's hook h, trace it stroke by stroke, then copy it. Scribes wrote it in 2 ways; the usual one comes first.
In practice lines
Every h below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another h.
Practice lines drawn in period hands
Don’t confuse it with
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Write itWatch, trace and copy