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Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: 77v

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Item

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

77v

Graphic Element

NameAbbreviation - #4027 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeAbbreviation AbbreviationLines or symbols above letters

NameDecoration - #4000 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeDecoration Decorations

Format and Location

Other (please specify)

Technique and Medium

Penwork drawing

Colour Palette

Black

Figural Pictorial Content: Human Figures

Body parts only (please specify in observations box)

ObservationsDecorated catchword (manicule).

NameJustification - #3997 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeJustification Justifications

Extended letters

NameJustification - #4026 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeJustification Justifications

Graphic space fillers

NameJustification - #4264 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeJustification Justifications

Extended letters

NameLetter - #3994 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterAleph DuctusTraced with 3 movements Components & Features Main oblique stroke

traced with one stroke
straight
with a serif at the top

Left-hand downstroke

joins the main stroke at the headline
descends from the headline
reaches the baseline
no foot

Foot on the left-hand downstroke

DELETE no foot

Right arm

MOVE TO ROOF short stroke slanted in respect of the main stem
no roof

NameLetter - #3995 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterZayin DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

straight

Head

placed to the right
slanted
large dot

NameLetter - #3996 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterMem: final DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeSimilar to samekh Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
longer than the base
straight

Right-hand downstroke

sharp triangular juncture with the left-hand stroke at the headline
rounded

Base

rounded juncture with the right-hand downstroke
joins the left-hand downstroke
rounded juncture with the left-hand downstroke
convex (rounded) ⋂

Left-hand downstroke

rounded juncture with the upper bar
attached to the upper bar with a hairline
with bifurcation

NameLetter - #3998 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterDaleth DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeSimilar to resh Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
straight

Right-hand downstroke

angular juncture with the upper bar
slanted

NameLetter - #4001 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterShin/Sin DuctusTraced with 2 movements General Shapee-shaped Components & Features Right arm

equal to the left arm
rounded
no roof

Left arm

joins the right arm/base at the baseline
equal to the right arm
rounded
no roof

Middle stroke

DELETE longer than an average yod
SPLIT joins/approaches the left arm at the top
straight

NameLetter - #4002 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterKaph: final DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
straight

Descender

rounded juncture with the upper bar
longer than the height of the line of writing
straight

NameLetter - #4003 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterBeth DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeSimilar to kaph Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
parallel to the base
shorter than the base
straight

Right-hand downstroke

traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
angular juncture with the upper bar
rounded

Base

longer than the upper bar
convex (rounded) ⋂
turns upwards on the left

NameLetter - #4007 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterṢade: final DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Descender

longer than the height of the line of writing
wavy
no roof

Right arm

MOVE TO ROOF short arm attached to the descender
joins the top of the descender
concave (rounded) ⋃
no roof

NameLetter - #4008 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterResh DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeSimilar to daleth Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

convex (rounded) ⋂

Right-hand downstroke

traced with the same movement as the upper bar
rounded juncture with the upper bar
does not reach the baseline

NameLetter - #4019 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterNun: final DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Descender

equal to the height of the line of writing
perpendicular to the baseline
slanted to the right /
with a head

Head

traced with the same movement as the descender
placed to the right
dot

NameLetter - #4022 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterLamed DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeReduced to a line Components & Features Ascender/mast

slanted to the left \
equal to the height of the line of writing
no flag

Horizontal bar

there is no horizontal bar

Downstroke

rounded juncture with the ascender
attached to the ascender at an angle
does not reach the baseline
rounded

NameLetter - #4023 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterṢade DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

rounded

Base

traced with the same movement as the stem
rounded juncture with the stem

Right arm

MOVE TO ROOF short stroke slanted in respect of the stem
slanted

NameLetter - #4024 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterQoph DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Upper horizontal bar of the lobe

DELETE traced as a part of the lobe
parallel to the headline
straight

Lobe

traced with the same movement as the upper bar
equal to the height of the line of writing
reduced to a line

Descender

detached from the lobe
perpendicular to the baseline
straight

NameLetter - #4025 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterMem DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Right-hand downstroke

rounded

Base

no base (open mem)

Left-hand downstroke

rounded juncture with the right-hand stroke

Left arm

traced with the same movement as the left-hand downstroke
ascends above the headline
straight

NameLetter - #4028 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterNun DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

equal to the height of the line of writing
rounded
no head

Base

traced with the same movement as the stem

NameLetter - #4035 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter Letter'Ayin DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Right arm

DELETE attached to the base
traced with the same movement as the base
rounded
no roof

Left arm

disconnected
with a drop in the middle
no roof

Base

concave (rounded) ⋃
turns upwards on the left

NameLetter - #4036 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterSamekh DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
straight

Right-hand downstroke

traced with the same movement as the upper bar
angular juncture with the upper bar

Base

there is a base
parallel to the baseline
straight

Left-hand downstroke

joins the right-hand downstroke sharply at the baseline
forms a tail to the left of the circle
goes below the juncture with the base/right-hand downstroke
slanted

NameLetter - #4037 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterGimel DuctusTraced with 1 movements Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

descends below the baseline
straight
no head

Left-hand stroke

joins the stem at the baseline
descends below the baseline
parallel to the baseline
straight

NameLetter - #4265 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLetter LetterQoph DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Upper horizontal bar of the lobe

DELETE traced as a part of the lobe
parallel to the headline
straight

Lobe

traced with the same movement as the upper bar
shorter than a half of the height of the line of writing
reduced to a line
rounded

Descender

equal to the height of the line of writing
slanted to the left \

NameLigature - #4005 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLigature Ligature Namealef + lamed

NameLigature - #4266 HandNathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square TypeLigature Ligature Nameshin + resh

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Hand

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Type

Abbreviation Other Abbreviation Observations

Divine Symbols

Tetragrammaton

Two yods

Three yods

Four yods

Yods with symbols/abbreviation signs

Yod-vav-yod

Variant of Elohim

Basmala

Hamdala

(Other)

Other Divine Symbols Observations

Decorations

(OLD DECORATIONS)

Geometrical micrography

Figurative microcraphy

Carmina figurata layout

Carpet page

Historiated letter

Zoomorphic letter

Anthropomorphic letter

Decorated panel

Decorated initial

Decorated section marker

Penwork decoration

Colour decoration

Letter outline

Acanthus

Heraldry

Ivy

Animals

Dragons

Gymnastic initials

Fantastic beasts

Arabesque

Bas-de-page images

Bar border

Flourish work border

Foliated border

Inhabited border

Guilding

Cadel

Diaper ground

Red and blue diaper

Blank figure on coloured background

Purple diaper

Stain glass diaper

Tendrils diaper

Display script

Grotesque

Fretwork

Drollery

Litterae notabiliores

Litterae florissae

Interlace

Solomon's knot

Pentagramme

Sexagramme

Outline drawing

Multicoloured letter

Alternate coloured letters in a word

Rinceaux

Rosette

Palmette

Tabula ansata

Diagram: halakha

Diagram: kabbala

Diagram: medicine

Diagram: sciences

(Other)

Format and Location

Carpet page

Miniature

Decorated initial word/letter

Marginal image/border decoration

Section markers and other signs

Line fillers

Diagram

Decorated colophon

Masorah magna

Decorated catchword

Other (please specify)

Technique and Medium

Gilding (gold or silver)

Full painting

Light wash

Spare ground painting in ink

Penwork drawing

Carmina figurata

Micrography

Other (please specify)

Colour Palette

Gold

Silver

White

Lilac

Orange

Pink

Green

Yellow

Teal

Blue

Red

Brown

Black

Grey

Other (please specify)

Figural Pictorial Content: Architecture

Doorway

Gable

Crenelation

Tower

Arcade

Window

Pinnacle

Pillar

Caryatid figure

Other (please specify)

Figural Pictorial Content: Interior Scene

Scenes of prayer and worship

Scenes of festive meals

Scenes of betrothal and marriage

Scenes of circumcision

Scenes of study and discussion

Scenes of music-making and dancing

Scenes of work

Scenes of mourning

Other (please specify)

Figural Pictorial Content: Exterior Scene

Scenes of hunting

Scenes of travel

Scenes of jousting and other martial games

Scenes of battle

Scenes of agricultural work

Other (please specify)

Figural Pictorial Content: Zodiac Signs

Aries

Taurus

Gemini

Cancer

Leo

Virgo

Libra

Scorpio

Sagittarius

Capricorn

Aquarius

Pisces

Other (please specify)

Figural Pictorial Content: Human Figures

Biblical

Mishnaic/talmudic

Contemporary (medieval)

Body parts only (please specify in observations box)

Unidentified

Figural Pictorial Content: Quadruped Animals

Lion

Dog (talbot)

Dog (greyhound)

Dog (generic)

Rabbit/hare

Stag/hind

Elephant

Horse

Cattle

Sheep

Camel

Donkey

Monkey

Wolf

Leopard

Fox

Boar

Bear

Frog

Squirrel

Other (please specify)

Unidentified

Figural Pictorial Content: Imaginary Creatures

Dragon

Unicorn

Siren

Centaur

Griffin

Wild man

Other hybrids (please specify in observations box)

Other non-hybrids (please specify in observations box)

Unidentified

Figural Pictorial Content: Birds

Eagle

Stork/crane

Falcon/hawk, and other hunting birds

Owl

Chicken

Peacock

Small birds (please specify in observations box)

Other (please specify)

Unidentified

Figural Pictorial Content: Foliage

Trefoils, round or pointed

Acanthus

Palmettes

Oak leaves (with/without acorns)

Heart-shaped leaves

Rosettes

Fleurs-de-lis

Fruits/pine cones

Knobs

Other (please specify)

Figural Pictorial Content: Everyday Objects

Shields and other objects featuring heraldic designs

Keys

Scissors

Articles of clothing, headwear or footwear

Ladders

Musical instruments

Axes, knives, swords, non-heraldic shields and bucklers

Food and drink, and implements for eating and drinking

Other (please specify)

Figural Pictorial Content: Other

Temple implements

Landscape

Angels

Demons

Fish

Insects

Leopard mask

Trees

Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Letter Decoration

Gilt letters

Zoomorphic/Anthropomorphic letters

Filled letters: animal, hybrid or human motifs

Filled letters: vegetal motifs

Filled letters: knotwork and interlace

Inhabited letters

Letters with geometric patterning (including chequered, striped, chevron or other patterns)

Letters with foliate finials

Letters with scalloped outlines

Letters in alternating colours

Other (please specify)

Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Background Decoration (Penwork)

Palmettes

Tendrils

Non-figural swirls/spirals

Hatching/Cross-hatching

Wavy lines

Groups of three dots

Other (please specify)

Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Background Decoration (Coloured)

Chequered background

Lozenged background

Diapered background (with squares)

Diapered background (with circles)

Monochrome background with tendrils

Monochrome background with groups of three dots

Monochrome plain background

Other (please specify)

Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Decorated Border

Acanthus border

Greek key border

Interlace border

Wavy-line-and-dots border

Ribbon border

Striped border

Twisted rope/guilloche border

Zigzag border

Scalloped border

Other (please specify)

Non-Figural Pictorial Content: Other

geometric and abstract shapes

penwork flourish

interlace and knotwork

Other Decorations Observations

Justifications

Graphic space fillers

Extended letters

Reduced letters

Broken letters

Anticipation

Abbreviation

Change of script register

Writing above the line horizontally

Writing above the line obliquely

Writing below the line

Vertical writing

Change of orientation of letter components

(Other)

Other Justifications Observations

Letter Ductus (Optional) General Shape (Optional) Components & Features

Ligature name

Magical Character

Meshunnah Character Ductus (Optional) General Shape (Optional) Components & Features

Numeral

Arabic

Coptic

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

Zimām

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

1/2

1/3

1/4

1/5

Mozarabic/Toledan

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

10000

Half

Quarter

Third

Rūmī/Fāsī

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Other Numeral Observations

Punctuation

There is no punctuation

Sof pasuq

Dot

2 dots

3 dots

4 dots

Short stroke

2 short strokes

3 short strokes

Paragraph sign: circle

Paragraph sign: decoration

Paragraph sign: '6-shape'

Parashah sign

Haphtara sign

Chapter symbol

(Other)

Other Punctuation Observations

Ṭe'amim

Sof pasuq

Atnaḥ

Segol/shere

Shalshelet

Zaqef qatan

Zaqef gadol

ṭifḥa/ṭarḥa

revia’

Zarqa

Pashṭa/qadma

Shne pashṭin/tre qadmin

Yetiv

Tevir

Pazer

Qarne farah

Telisha gedolah/talsha/tirṣa

Geresh

Gershayim

Paseq/legarmeh

Merkha/maarikh

Munaḥ/shofar holekh/shofar ‘ilui

Mahpakh/shofar hafukh

Darga

Qadma/azla

Telisha qeṭanah (talsha/tarsa)

Merkha kefulah/tere ta’ame/teren ḥuṭrin

Yeraḥ ben yomo/galgal

Geresh muqdam

Atnaḥ hafukh

‘oleh

‘ilui

Deḥi

Ṣinorit

Other Ṭe'amim Observations

Vowel/Diacritic

Babylonian

Ḥireq

Pataḥ (lines)

Pataḥ (dots)

Qameṣ (lines)

Qameṣ (dots)

Ṣere

Ḥolem

Qibbuṣ (lines)

Qibbuṣ (dots)

Ḥitfa (= shewa)

Miniature shin

Miniature samekh

Miniature he

Miniature gimel

Miniature qof

Mid-dot

Compound ḥireq

Compound pataḥ (lines)

Compound pataḥ (dots)

Compound qameṣ (lines)

Compound qameṣ (dots)

Compound ṣere

Compound ḥolem

Compound qibbuṣ (lines)

Compound qibbuṣ (dots)

Palestinian

Pataḥ

Qameṣ

Seghol

Ṣere

Ḥireq

Ḥolem

Qibbuṣ

Dagesh/mappiq/Shewa (L)

Dagesh/mappiq/Shewa (<)

Dagesh/mappiq/Shewa (C)

Rafe

Miniature shin

Miniature samekh

Shin/sin diacritic

Tiberian

Pataḥ

Seghol

Qameṣ

Ṣere

Ḥolem

Ḥireq

Shureq

Qibbuṣ

Shewa

Gaʿya

Rafe

Dagesh/mappiq

Meteg

Ḥaṭef pataḥ

Ḥaṭef seghol

Ḥaṭef qameṣ

Silluq (sof pasuq)

Atnaḥ

Shin/sin dot

Other Vowel/Diacritic Observations

Details

Item

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

77v

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2023, 2:04 p.m.

Graphic Elements

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Abbreviation - #4027

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Decoration - #4000

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Justification - #3997

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Justification - #4026

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Justification - #4264

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #3994

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #3995

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #3996

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #3998

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4001

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4002

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4003

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4007

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4008

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4019

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4022

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4023

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4024

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4025

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4028

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4035

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4036

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4037

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Letter - #4265

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Ligature - #4005

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Ligature - #4266

Hands

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Nathan b. Merari (Mordecai) – Non-square

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)