Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
נהראי בן נסים נ''ע
Full name
Script Definition
Oriental
Non-square (Beinoni)
Careless
Merchants'
Global Aspect of the Script
- In the middle
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Variable
- Variable
- Smaller than the height of the line of writing
- Variable
- Equal to the width of an average he
- Smaller than the width of an average he
- Variable
- Equal to the width of an average vav
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Quick
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Biting
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Elongated vertically
- Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Downstrokes are not parallel
- Horizontal strokes are not 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
Letter
Aleph
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32843
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32846
Gimel
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32849
Daleth
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32845
Ḥeth
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32850
Kaph
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32847
Samekh
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32848
Qoph
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Letter - #32844
Ligature-Connected
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Ligature-Connected - #32851
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Ligature-Connected - #32853
Nexus
Cambridge, CUL MS. Or.1080 J170: Nexus - #32852
