Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Main text scribe - Square

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Moses (משה) (Date active: 1478)
Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

Sephardi (Maghreb)
Square
Calligraphic

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Equal to the height of the line of writing
Stable
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Square
  • Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are equal to the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are not parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are parallel
  • Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are not parallel among them
  • Descenders are not parallel among them
  • Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
  • There is no shading
24 Jan 2025, 8:39 a.m. by Elena Lolli
Elena Lolli
Elena Lolli, 'Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1105/ on 2025-11-28.

Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25500
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25512
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25509
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Ḥeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25515
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25511
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25508
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Nun

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25513
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25503
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Samekh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25514
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'Ayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25501
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25505
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25510
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25502
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Tav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 19: Letter - #25506
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