Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 15

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Eliezer b. David ha-Levi Adelkind – Non-square

Eliezer b. David ha-Levi Adelkind (אליעזר בן דוד הלוי אדילקינט) (Date active: 1479)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Ashkenazi (Italo-Ashkenazi)

Non-square (Beinoni)

• Calligraphic
• Current

Bookhand

Gothic

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

• Variable
• No space (letters touch each other)

Quick

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter

• Downstrokes are not parallel
• Horizontal strokes are not parallel
• Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are not parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them

• Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
• There is no shading