Oxford, Bodleian MS. Pococke 238: Square
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Details
Scribe
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
שלמה הלוי בר ... שמואל הדיין
Full name
Script Definition
Oriental (South-West)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
2
6
- Stable
- Higher than the height of the line of writing
- Stable
- Smaller than the width of an average he
- Stable
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Nesting
Approximate Size of Average Letters
9.7mm x 10.2mm
There is minor variation in the aleph dimensions: 9-10mm for height and 9-11mm for width.
9.5mm x 7.3mm
There is minor variation in the he dimensions: 9-10mm for height and 7-8mm for width.
9.4mm x 12.4mm
There is minor variation in the shin dimensions: 9-10mm for height and 11-13mm for width.
- Regular size
- Square
- Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Horizontal strokes are parallel
- Ascenders are parallel to the downstrokes
- Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
- Ascenders are parallel among them
- Descenders are parallel among them
- Downstrokes are parallel
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