London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Main text scribe - Square
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British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
יצחק בר' יהודה הסופר
Full name
Script Definition
- Ashkenazi
- Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- 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
- Variable
- No space (letters touch each other)
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Overarching
Approximate Size of Average Letters
- Regular size
- Elongated vertically
- Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are equal to 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
There is shading
Letter
Mem
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Letter - #40254
Mem: final
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Letter - #40255
Samekh
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Letter - #40250
Pe
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Letter - #40252
Pe: final
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Letter - #40253
Ṣade
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Letter - #40251
Ṣade: final
London, BL MS. Add. 9401-2: Letter - #40249
