Letter - Aleph

Bodleian MS. Pococke 238

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Bodleian MS. Pococke 238: fol. 4v

Bodleian MS. Pococke 238: Square

Solomon b. Samuel Ha-Dayyan Ha-Levi (שלמה בן שמואל הדיין הלוי) (Date active: 13th Century)

Letter

Aleph

Square

Traced with 6 movements

• Main oblique stroke - does not reach the headline
• Main oblique stroke - reaches the baseline
• Main oblique stroke - straight
• Main oblique stroke - extended at the top with an addition
• Left-hand downstroke - joins the main oblique stroke
• Left-hand downstroke - descends from the headline
• Left-hand downstroke - links with the main stroke towards the middle
• Left-hand downstroke - curved (with a knee)
• Left-hand downstroke - reaches the baseline
• Left-hand downstroke - with a foot
• Left-hand downstroke - extended at the top with an addition
• Right arm - short stroke slanted in respect of the main stem
• Right arm - joins the main oblique stroke
• Right arm - joins/faces the main stroke in the middle
• Right arm - straight
• Right arm - with a roof
• Roof on the right arm - traced as a separate movement from the right arm
• Roof on the right arm - straight
• Roof on the right arm - placed centrally
• Foot on the left-hand downstroke - traced with the same movement as the left-hand downstroke
• Foot on the left-hand downstroke - foot turns to the left
• Foot on the left-hand downstroke - straight