Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Main text scribe - Square

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Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Toviyya b. Moshe (?) (טוביה) (Date active: 11th century)
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
טוביה

Script Definition

Byzantine
Square
Current
Bookhand
Merchants'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Equal to 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
Quick
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are not parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are parallel
  • Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
19 Jan 2026, 7:06 p.m. by Miruna-Ștefana Belea
Miruna-Ștefana Belea
Miruna-Ștefana Belea, 'Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1642/ on 2026-01-19.

Divine Symbol

Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Divine Symbol - #38726
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Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Divine Symbol - #38727
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Letter

Gimel

Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Letter - #38731
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Kaph

Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Letter - #38728
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Pe: final

Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Letter - #38729
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Nexus

Cambridge, CUL MS. T-S 12.347: Nexus - #38730
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