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Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: 3r

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Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

Graphic Element

NameAbbreviation - #4469 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeAbbreviation AbbreviationShort oblique line

NameJustification - #4468 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeJustification Justifications

Extended letters

NameJustification - #4480 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeJustification Justifications

Extended letters

NameLetter - #4464 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterAleph DuctusTraced with 3 movements General ShapeKappa-shaped Components & Features Main oblique stroke

does not reach the headline

Left-hand downstroke

joins the chevron
left-hand downstroke is the main component
descends from the headline
reaches the baseline
rounded
no foot

Right arm

rounded
branches of the chevron are attached to the main stroke in its upper part
branches of the chevron are included within the line of writing
lower branch of the chevron is longer than the upper branch of the chevron
lower branch of the chevron is curved to the left
lower branch of the chevron is arched
no roof

NameLetter - #4465 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterQoph DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Upper horizontal bar of the lobe

DELETE traced as a part of the lobe
convex (rounded) ⋂

Lobe

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

Descender

attached to the lower end of the lobe
equal to the height of the line of writing
slanted to the left \
lower end turns upwards on the left
with a roof

NameLetter - #4466 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterMem: final DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeSimilar to samekh Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

equal to the base
convex (rounded) ⋂

Right-hand downstroke

rounded juncture with the upper horizontal bar
rounded

Base

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

Left-hand downstroke

rounded juncture with the upper bar
cross-shaped juncture with the upper bar
rounded

NameLetter - #4467 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterNun: final DuctusTraced with 2 movements Components & Features Descender

longer than the height of the line of writing
wavy
with thickening in the middle
with a head

Head

MERGE WITH HOOK SHAPED rounded hook
traced as a separate movement from the descender
placed centrally
dot

NameLetter - #4470 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: 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
straight
with a flag

Flag of the ascender/mast

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

Horizontal bar

there is a horizontal bar
traced as a separate movement from the ascender
parallel to the headline
placed on the headline
straight

Downstroke

traced as a separate movement from the horizontal bar
attached to the horizontal bar
reaches the baseline
descends below the baseline
slanted

NameLetter - #4471 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterKaph DuctusTraced with 1 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
shorter than the base
straight

Right-hand downstroke

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

Base

rounded juncture with the right-hand downstroke
longer than the upper bar
concave (rounded) ⋃
turns upwards on the left

NameLetter - #4472 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterGimel DuctusTraced with 3 movements General ShapeTriangular Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

reaches the baseline
descends below the baseline
wavy
with thickening in the middle
with a head

Left-hand stroke

joins the stem in the middle
does not reach the baseline
slanted

Head

placed to the left
slanted

NameLetter - #4473 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterBeth DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeSimilar to kaph Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

not parallel to the base
shorter than the base
convex (rounded) ⋂

Right-hand downstroke

traced with the same movement as the upper bar
rounded juncture with the upper bar
juncture with the upper bar has a butt
straight

Base

not parallel to the upper bar
longer than the upper bar
joins the right-hand downstroke with a butt
straight

NameLetter - #4474 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterZayin DuctusTraced with 1 movements Components & Features Main stem/downstroke

wavy
with thickening in the middle

Head

DELETE with bifurcation
convex (rounded) ⋂

NameLetter - #4475 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterDaleth DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeSimilar to resh Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

straight

Right-hand downstroke

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

NameLetter - #4476 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) 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
rounded

NameLetter - #4477 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterPe DuctusTraced with 3 movements General ShapeRounded Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

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

Right-hand downstroke

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

Base

traced as a separate movement from the right-hand downstroke
slanted
longer than the upper bar
turns upwards on the left

Nose

traced as a separate stroke
rounded juncture with the upper bar
attached to the extremity of the upper bar
perpendicular to the upper bar
shorter than the height of the line of writing
turns right

NameLetter - #4478 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: 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
equal to the left-hand downstroke

Left-hand downstroke

DELETE equal to the height of the line of writing
attached to the upper bar
equal to the right-hand downstroke
rounded
with thickening in the middle
with a foot
with a roof

Foot

traced with the same movement as the downstroke
turns to the left
concave (rounded) ⋃

Roof on the left-hand downstroke

SPLIT rounded

NameLetter - #4479 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: 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
with thinning in the middle

Left-hand downstroke

separate from the upper bar
shorter than the right-hand downstroke
with a drop in the middle

NameLetter - #4481 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterShin/Sin DuctusTraced with 3 movements Components & Features Right arm

forms a concave base ⋃
longer than the left arm
rounded
no roof

Left arm

joins the right arm/base at the baseline
perpendicular to the baseline
slanted
shorter than the right arm
no roof

Middle stroke

DELETE longer than an average yod
SPLIT joins/approaches the left arm at the top
loop formed with the left arm
rounded
no roof

NameLetter - #4482 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterKaph: final DuctusTraced with 2 movements Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

slanted

Descender

traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
angular juncture with the upper bar
longer than the height of the line of writing
rounded
with thinning in the middle
turns upwards at the end to the left

NameLetter - #4483 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: 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 with the same movement as the upper bar
traced as a closed circle
rounded juncture with the upper bar
rounded

Base

there is a base
concave (rounded) ⋃

Left-hand downstroke

rounded

NameLetter - #4484 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni) TypeLetter LetterLamed DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeReduced to two lines Components & Features Ascender/mast

slanted to the left \
longer than 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
convex (rounded) ⋂

Horizontal bar

there is no horizontal bar

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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.1.22

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

Created: 11 Dec 2023, 2:49 p.m. by Elena Lolli

Graphic Elements

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Abbreviation - #4469

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Justification - #4468

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Justification - #4480

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4464

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4465

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4466

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4467

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4470

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4471

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4472

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4473

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4474

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4475

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4476

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4477

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4478

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4479

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4481

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4482

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4483

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Letter - #4484

Specimens

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.22: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)