| Aa |
 | Capital A lacks the cross-bar (cf. Sewall) |
John Hathorne |
| | Capital A has the cross-bar (cf. Hathorne)
|
Stephen Sewall |
 | Capital A without the cross-bar |
Thomas Newton |
| | Two forms of capital A. The modern form A seems to be more formal, and it tends to be found regularly only in the word "Anno" in the dating of indictments. The other capital form a looks like an enlarged minuscule. |
unidentified (scribe D) |
| | Minuscule a is sometimes formed carelessly as two consecutive e-like loops, open at the top. |
Jonathan Corwin |
| | Capital A without a cross-bar |
George Herrick |
 | Word-initial minuscule a systematically furnished with an acute accent: "á" |
Andrew Elliot |
| | the body of the minuscule a has occasionally an extra 'loop'. Eg ecca1271 "a Couenant" |
unidentified (scribe RR1) |
| | Minuscule a has often a distinctive pointed appearance |
Simon Chapman |
| | Minuscule a often open at the top > confusion with e or u possible |
unidentified (scribe a) |
 | paragraph-initial A has a long approaching stroke with a loop (eg M03 ms line 3 "At"; M04 ms line 1 "An") |
Isaac Addington |
