Letter - Aleph

Bodleian MS. Pococke 238

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Bodleian MS. Pococke 238: fol. 7v

Bodleian MS. Pococke 238: Non-square

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

Letter

Aleph

Lozenge

Traced with 3 movements

• Main oblique stroke - reaches the headline
• Main oblique stroke - does not reach the baseline
• Left-hand downstroke - joins the main oblique stroke
• Left-hand downstroke - left-hand downstroke is the main component
• Left-hand downstroke - joins the chevron
• Left-hand downstroke - descends from the headline
• Left-hand downstroke - links with the main stroke at the headline
• Left-hand downstroke - straight
• Left-hand downstroke - reaches the baseline
• Right arm - joins the main oblique stroke
• Right arm - joins/faces the main stroke in its upper part
• Right arm - curved
• Right arm - chevron attached to the left-hand downstroke
• Right arm - branches of the chevron are attached to the main stroke in its upper part
• Right arm - upper branch of the chevron is written above the headline
• Right arm - lower branch of the chevron is shorter than the upper branch of the chevron
• Roof on the right arm - no roof
• Foot on the left-hand downstroke - no foot