London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Main text scribe - Square

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London, BL MS. Add. 19664
British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

  • Sephardi
  • Sephardi (Catalan/Provençal)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
Variable
Very slow
  • Irregular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Variable size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are equal to 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 not parallel among them
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28 Jan 2026, 10:45 a.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina
'London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1692/ on 2026-01-30.

Divine Symbol

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Divine Symbol - #40311
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Justification

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Justification - #40355
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Letter

Aleph

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40359
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London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40373
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Beth

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40368
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Gimel

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40371
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Daleth

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40358
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He

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40370
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Vav

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40367
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Zayin

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40369
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Ḥeth

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40361
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Ṭeth

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40360
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Yod

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40366
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Kaph

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40365
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Kaph: final

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40364
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Lamed

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40345
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Mem

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40319
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Mem: final

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40352
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Nun

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40353
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Nun: final

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40354
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Samekh

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40357
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'Ayin

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40343
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Pe

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40326
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Pe: final

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40356
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Ṣade

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40317
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Ṣade: final

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40310
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Qoph

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40330
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Resh

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40347
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Shin/Sin

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40372
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London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40340
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Tav

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Letter - #40333
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Nexus

London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Nexus - #40363
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London, BL MS. Add. 19664: Nexus - #40362
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