Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Main text scribe - Square

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Joseph b. Benaia b. Saadia (יוסף בן בניה בן סעדיה) (Date active: 1478)
Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

Yemenite
Square
Calligraphic
Display

Global Aspect of the Script

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

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are 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
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Justification

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Justification - #29004
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29001
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Beth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29003
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29010
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Daleth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29018
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29019
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Vav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29024
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Zayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29020
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Ḥeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29028
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29017
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Yod

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29025
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Kaph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29007
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Kaph: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29016
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29022
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29012
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Mem: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29009
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Nun

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29014
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29023
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Samekh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29021
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'Ayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29008
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29011
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Pe: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29005
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29015
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Ṣade: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29000
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Qoph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29026
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Resh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29013
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29006
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Tav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Letter - #29002
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Punctuation

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Punctuation - #29027
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