Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Main text scribe 1 - Square

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The Library of the Romanian Academy (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Main text scribe 1 - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
Scribe of MS U.64230-64231

Script Definition

  • Ashkenazi
  • Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Square
Calligraphic
Display

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
5
12-14
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

5 x 4 mm
4 x 4 mm
4 x 5 mm
  • Regular size
  • Square
  • Ascenders are equal to 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 parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib

Divine Symbol

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Divine Symbol - #33304
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Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Divine Symbol - #33303
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Justification

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Justification - #33322
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Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Justification - #33331
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Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Justification - #33324
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Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Justification - #33323
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Letter

Aleph

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33302
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Daleth

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33330
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Vav

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33326
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Ḥeth

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33329
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Yod

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33319
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Lamed

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33300
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Samekh

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33321
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Ṣade

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33305
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Resh

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33320
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Shin/Sin

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33301
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Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33325
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Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33317
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Tav

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Letter - #33318
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Nexus

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. U.61741 & MS. U.64230-64231: Nexus - #33306
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