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

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Item

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a

Collection

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Name

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)

Scribe Identifications

Autograph

Scribe Roles

Main text scribe

Scribe Types of Naming in Document

Full name

Script Definition

Script Type

Yemenite

Script Mode

Square

Script Quality

Calligraphic

Script Function

Display

Global Aspect of the Script

Position of Written Line

Attached to the headline
Ascenders go above the headline
Descenders descend below the baseline

Text Density

Variable

Spaces Between Lines

Stable
Smaller than the height of the line of writing

Spaces Between Words

Variable

Spaces Between Letters in a Word

Stable
Smaller than the width of an average vav

Text Rapidity

Slow

Letters in a Word

Irregular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Proportions of Average Letters

Regular size
Elongated vertically

Proportions of Ascenders and Descenders

Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter

Parallelism Between Strokes

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

Width of the Stroke

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
There is no shading

Created: 4 Mar 2025, 8:03 a.m. by Elena Lolli

Entry Authors: Elena Lolli

How to cite this page: Elena Lolli, 'Oxford, Bodleian MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 97a: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1224/ on 2025-12-04.

Justification

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

Letter

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

Scribe

Script Definition

Global Aspect of the Script

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Justification

Letter

Aleph

Beth

Gimel

Daleth

He

Vav

Zayin

Ḥeth

Ṭeth

Yod

Kaph

Kaph: final

Lamed

Mem

Mem: final

Nun

Nun: final

Samekh

'Ayin

Pe

Pe: final

Ṣade

Ṣade: final

Qoph

Resh

Shin/Sin

Tav

Punctuation