London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Main text scribe 1 - Square

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London, BL MS. Add. 17050
British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Main text scribe 1 - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
There are two specimens in this MS, one in Sephardic square, another in Ashkenazic non-square. Sfardata record seems to suggest that the scribe Shemaiah whose name is poined out on several occasions is the scribe of both specimen. Howeverm given the difference in ink, script style and mode, and the fact that the name gets singled out in the commentary text in Ashkenazic non-square, I suppose that Shemaiah is the scribe of the Ashkenazic text, and not Sephardic which is being described here.

Script Definition

Sephardi
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • 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
Very slow
  • Regular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are longer 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
There is shading
11 Feb 2026, 10:12 a.m.
11 Feb 2026, 10:11 a.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina
11 Feb 2026, 10:17 a.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina
'London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Main text scribe 1 - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1731/ on 2026-02-17.

Justification

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Justification - #41873
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Letter

Aleph

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41828
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Beth

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41867
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Gimel

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41854
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Daleth

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41861
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He

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41839
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Vav

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41871
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Zayin

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41844
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Ḥeth

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41859
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Ṭeth

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41878
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Yod

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41874
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Kaph

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41876
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Kaph: final

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41869
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Lamed

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41831
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Mem

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41814
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Mem: final

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41813
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Nun

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41847
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Nun: final

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41842
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Samekh

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41812
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'Ayin

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41815
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Pe

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41811
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Pe: final

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41810
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Ṣade

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41809
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Ṣade: final

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41807
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Qoph

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41822
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Resh

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41834
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Shin/Sin

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41819
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Tav

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Letter - #41816
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Nexus

London, BL MS. Add. 17050: Nexus - #41850
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