Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97b: B'nayah ben Sa'adyah ben B'nayah ben 'Oded Main scribe – Square

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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

B'nayah ben Sa'adyah ben B'nayah ben 'Oded Main scribe – Square

Scribe

Main text scribe

Full name

Script Definition

Yemenite

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

Smaller than the height of the line of writing

Smaller than the width of an average he

Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Elongated vertically

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

  • Downstrokes are parallel
  • 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

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