Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Main text scribe - Square

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Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137
The Library of the Romanian Academy (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

Ashkenazi
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Scholars'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the upper part
  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
8
20-22
  • Stable
  • Smaller 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
Slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

4 x 4 mm
Depending on the length of the foot, the H can vary between 3 and 4 mm. The overall aspect of the letter is eloganted horizontally.
3 x 2 mm
3 x 3 mm
  • Regular size
  • Square
  • 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 parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
14 Aug 2025, 9:45 a.m. by Miruna-Ștefana Belea
7 Oct 2025, 3:04 p.m. by Miruna-Ștefana Belea
Miruna-Ștefana Belea

Letter

Aleph

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32892
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Beth

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32904
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He

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32903
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Vav

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32895
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Zayin

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32894
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Ḥeth

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32901
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Ṭeth

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32898
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Yod

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32902
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Lamed

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32910
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Mem: final

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32900
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Nun

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32909
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Nun: final

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32906
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Samekh

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32899
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Pe

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32896
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Ṣade

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32893
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Qoph

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32897
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Tav

Cluj-Napoca, BAR MS. C.137: Letter - #32907
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