Letter r · secretary hand
Squiggle r (raised)
Also called superscript r, r-hook
Unit 9very common in abbreviations
A small wavy stroke written above the line at the end of a word; stands for r and means a vowel must be supplied (yoʳ, Mʳ).
Model letter
Write it
Watch the quill write the squiggle r (raised), trace it stroke by stroke, then copy it. Scribes wrote it in 2 ways; the usual one comes first.
In practice lines
Every r below was checked by hand. They are not yet sorted by form, so some show another r.
Practice lines drawn in period hands
Don’t confuse it with
Create a free Leo accountTaught in unit 9. Standard members get the whole course.
Write itWatch, trace and copy