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Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: 3r

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Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

Graphic Element

NameJustification - #5336 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeJustification Justifications

Anticipation

NameJustification - #5337 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeJustification Justifications

Extended letters

NameJustification - #5338 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeJustification Justifications

Broken letters

NameLetter - #5329 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterAleph DuctusTraced with 3 movements Components & Features Main oblique stroke

reaches the headline
does not reach the baseline
straight

Left-hand downstroke

is detached from the main oblique stroke
descends from below the headline
reaches the baseline
rounded
with a foot

Foot on the left-hand downstroke

traced with the same movement as the left-hand downstroke
turns to the left
slanted

Right arm

MOVE TO ROOF short stroke parallel to the main oblique stroke
MOVE TO ROOF short arm attached to the oblique stroke
joins the main oblique stroke
joins/approaches the main stroke in the middle
rounded
no roof

NameLetter - #5330 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterMem: final DuctusTraced with 4 movements General ShapeSquare Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
equal to the base
straight

Right-hand downstroke

angular juncture with the upper horizontal bar
slanted to the left \

Base

joins the left-hand downstroke
sharp/pointy juncture with the left-hand downstroke
parallel to the baseline
straight

Left-hand downstroke

angular juncture with the upper bar
straight

NameLetter - #5331 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterṢade: final DuctusTraced with 4 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Descender

longer than the height of the line of writing
straight
with a roof

Roof on the descender

traced as a separate movement from the descender
placed to the left

Right arm

MOVE TO ROOF short arm attached to the descender
joins the descender in the middle
slanted
with a roof

Roof on the right arm

traced as an separate movement from the arm
placed to the right

NameLetter - #5332 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterNun: final DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Descender

longer than the height of the line of writing
perpendicular to the baseline
straight
with a head

Head

MERGE WITH HOOK SHAPED rounded hook
traced as a separate movement from the descender
placed to the left

NameLetter - #5333 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterQoph DuctusTraced with 3 movements General ShapeVertically rectangular Components & Features Upper horizontal bar of the lobe

DELETE traced as a separate movement
parallel to the headline
straight

Lobe

traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
equal to the height of the line of writing
rounded

Descender

detached from the lobe
longer than the height of the line of writing
slanted to the right /

NameLetter - #5334 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterResh DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeSquare Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
straight

Right-hand downstroke

traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
angular juncture with the upper bar
does not reach the baseline
straight

NameLetter - #5335 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterShin/Sin DuctusTraced with 6 movements General ShapeSquare Components & Features Right arm

slanted
equal to the left arm
with a roof

Roof on the right arm

traced as a separate movement from the arm
placed to the left
diamond-shaped

Left arm

joins the right arm/base at the baseline
slanted
equal to the right arm
with a roof

Roof on the left arm

traced as a separate movement from the arm
placed centrally
diamond-shaped

Middle stroke

DELETE equal to an average yod
MOVE TO HEAD turns to the right
joins/approaches the left arm in the middle
with a roof

Roof on the middle stroke

traced as a separate movement from the arm
placed to the right
slanted

NameLetter - #5339 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterPe DuctusTraced with 5 movements General ShapeLozenge Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

traced as a separate movement from the right-hand downstroke
with a spike at the juncture between the right-hand downstroke and the nose
slanted
shorter than the base

Right-hand downstroke

traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
angular juncture with the upper bar
perpendicular to the baseline
straight

Base

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

Nose

does not join the upper bar
shorter than the height of the line of writing
rounded
broken
turns left
with a serif

NameLetter - #5340 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter Letter'Ayin DuctusTraced with 4 movements Components & Features Right arm

traced with the same movement as the base
slanted
with a roof

Roof on the right arm

placed to the left
slanted

Left arm

attached to the right arm at the baseline
straight
with a roof

Roof on the left arm

placed to the left
slanted

Base

descends below the baseline
slanted

NameLetter - #5341 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterSamekh DuctusTraced with 3 movements General ShapeSimilar to mem: final Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
straight

Right-hand downstroke

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

Base

no base
concave (rounded) ⋃

Left-hand downstroke

joins the circle-shaped letter below the headline
perpendicular to the baseline

NameLetter - #5342 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterDaleth DuctusTraced with 2 movements General ShapeSquare Components & Features Upper horizontal bar

parallel to the headline
straight

Right-hand downstroke

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

NameLetter - #5343 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypeLetter LetterMem DuctusTraced with 4 movements General ShapeSquare Components & Features Right-hand downstroke

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

Base

long: almost joins the left-hand stroke
slanted

Left-hand downstroke

attached to the right-hand stroke sharply at the headline
reaches the baseline

Left arm

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

NamePunctuation - #5344 HandFlorence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square TypePunctuation Punctuation

Sof pasuq
2 dots

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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.1.9

Collection

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Image Name / Folio Number

Created: 23 Dec 2023, 4:24 p.m. by Elena Lolli

Graphic Elements

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Justification - #5336

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Justification - #5337

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Justification - #5338

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5329

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5330

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5331

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5332

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5333

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5334

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5335

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5339

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5340

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5341

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5342

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Letter - #5343

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Punctuation - #5344

Specimens

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.9: Main text scribe - Square

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)