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Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: 163v

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Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

163v

Graphic Element

NameAbbreviation - #4097 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeAbbreviation AbbreviationDots above letters

NameAbbreviation - #4237 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeAbbreviation AbbreviationDots above letters

NameJustification - #4098 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeJustification Justifications

Extended letters

NameJustification - #4099 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeJustification Justifications

Extended letters

NameLetter - #4091 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterAleph DuctusTraced with 3 movements General ShapeX-shaped

NameLetter - #4092 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterNun: final DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Descender

longer than the height of the line of writing
wavy
with thickening in the middle
no head

NameLetter - #4093 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterGimel DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeTriangular Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

reaches the baseline
wavy
with a drop in the middle
with a head

Left-hand stroke

joins the stem in its lower part
does not reach the baseline
with a drop

Head

placed to the left
diamond-shaped

NameLetter - #4094 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterLamed DuctusTraced with 3 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Ascender/mast

perpendicular to the headline
equal to the height of the line of writing
with a flag

Flag of the ascender/mast

attached to the extremity of the mast
placed to the left
slanted

Horizontal bar

there is a horizontal bar
traced as a separate movement from the ascender
placed on the headline
convex (rounded) ⋂

Downstroke

attached to the horizontal bar
reaches the baseline
slanted

NameLetter - #4095 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterShin/Sin DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Right arm

equal to the left arm
rounded
with thinning in the middle
no roof

Left arm

equal to the right arm
rounded
with a roof

Roof on the left arm

traced as a separate movement from the arm
placed centrally
SPLIT rounded

NameLetter - #4096 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterMem: final DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeInverted 6-shaped Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

convex (rounded) ⋂

Right-hand downstroke

rounded

Base

rounded juncture with the left-hand downstroke

Left-hand downstroke

does not reach the upper bar
rounded

NameLetter - #4101 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterḤeth DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

concave (rounded) ⋃

Right-hand downstroke

traced with the same movement as the upper bar
rounded juncture with the upper bar
equal to the left-hand downstroke

Left-hand downstroke

attached to the upper bar on the left
slanted
equal to the right-hand downstroke

NameLetter - #4102 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterZayin DuctusTraced with 2 movements Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

wavy
with a drop in the middle

Head

DELETE with bifurcation
placed centrally
parallel to the headline
straight

NameLetter - #4103 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterKaph DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

longer than the base
convex (rounded) ⋂

Right-hand downstroke

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

Base

rounded juncture with the right-hand downstroke
shorter than the upper bar
concave (rounded) ⋃

NameLetter - #4104 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterTav DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded 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
rounded juncture with the left-hand downstroke at the headline
equal to the left-hand downstroke
with thinning in the middle

Left-hand downstroke

attached to the upper bar
with a foot
with a roof

Foot

traced with the same movement as the downstroke
turns to the left

Roof on the left-hand downstroke

SPLIT rounded

NameLetter - #4105 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) 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
rounded

Descender

attached to the lower end of the lobe
longer than the height of the line of writing
perpendicular to the baseline
wavy
with a roof

NameLetter - #4106 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterHe DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded 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
longer than the left-hand downstroke
rounded
with thinning in the middle

Left-hand downstroke

separate from the upper bar

NameLetter - #4107 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterSamekh DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeCircle Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

convex (rounded) ⋂

Right-hand downstroke

traced as a closed circle

Base

convex (rounded) ⋂

Left-hand downstroke

rounded

NameLetter - #4108 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterBeth DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeSimilar to kaph Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

slanted
equal to the base

Right-hand downstroke

traced with the same movement as the upper bar
rounded juncture with the upper bar
with thinning in the middle

Base

parallel to the baseline
equal to the upper bar
straight

NameLetter - #4109 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter Letter'Ayin DuctusTraced with 2 movements Components & Features Right arm

DELETE attached to the base
traced with the same movement as the base
with a drop in the middle
no roof

Left arm

attached to the right arm at the baseline
attached to the base
with a drop in the middle
no roof

Base

parallel to the baseline
straight
with bifurcation

NameLetter - #4110 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterNun DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

rounded

Base

traced with the same movement as the stem
convex (rounded) ⋂

NameLetter - #4111 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterṢade: final DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Descender

longer than the height of the line of writing
slanted to the right /
no roof

Right arm

MOVE TO ROOF short arm attached to the descender
joins the descender in its upper part
with a roof

Roof on the right arm

placed centrally
diamond-shaped

NameLetter - #4112 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterResh DuctusTraced with 1 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
rounded juncture with the upper bar
reaches the baseline
with thinning in the middle

NameLetter - #4114 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterṬeth DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Right arm

traced with the same movement as the left arm
equal to the left arm
rounded
with a roof

Roof on the right arm

placed to the left
SPLIT rounded

Left arm

traced with the same movement as the right arm
equal to the right arm
rounded
with a roof

Roof on the left arm

traced with the same movement as the arm
placed to the left
SPLIT rounded

NameLetter - #4116 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterVav DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

rounded
with a head

Head

traced with the same movement as the stem
convex (rounded) ⋂

NameLetter - #4234 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterPe DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

traced with the same movement as the right-hand downstroke
longer than the base
convex (rounded) ⋂

Right-hand downstroke

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

Base

traced with the same movement as the right-hand downstroke
shorter than the upper bar
concave (rounded) ⋃
turns upwards on the left

Nose

traced as a separate stroke
does not join the upper bar
rounded
broken

NameLetter - #4235 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterMem DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Right-hand downstroke

rounded juncture with the left-hand stroke at the headline
rounded
forms a lobe

Base

traced with the same movement as the right-hand downstroke
shorter than the symmetrical middle of the letter
concave (rounded) ⋃

Left-hand downstroke

rounded juncture with the right-hand stroke
slanted
descends below the baseline

Left arm

traced as a separate movement from the left-hand downstroke
reaches the headline

NameLetter - #4236 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterMem: final DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeSimilar to samekh Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
longer than the base
straight

Right-hand downstroke

angular juncture with the upper horizontal bar
rounded

Base

rounded juncture with the right-hand downstroke
rounded juncture with the left-hand downstroke
concave (rounded) ⋃

Left-hand downstroke

does not reach the upper bar
rounded

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Type

Abbreviation Other Abbreviation 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

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

Editorial Symbols

Signe de renvoi

circle

circle + line

manicule

other

Collation sign

graphic symbol

textual or abbreviation

other

Text management

Insertion sign

Replacement sign

Correction sign

Other Editorial Symbols 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

Nexus 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.88.2

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

163v

Created: 27 Nov 2023, 12:41 p.m. by Elena Lolli

Graphic Elements

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Abbreviation - #4097

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Abbreviation - #4237

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Justification - #4098

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Justification - #4099

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4091

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4092

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4093

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4094

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4095

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4096

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4101

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4102

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4103

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4104

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4105

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4106

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4107

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4108

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4109

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4110

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4111

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4112

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4114

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4116

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4234

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4235

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Letter - #4236

Specimens

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)