London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Main text scribe - Square
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British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Full name
Script Definition
Sephardi
Square
Current
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Attached to the headline
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
- Stable
- Smaller 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 shorter than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are equal to 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 not parallel among them
- Descenders are not parallel among them
Justification
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Justification - #43266
Letter
Ḥeth
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43227
Ṭeth
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43220
Mem
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43226
Mem: final
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43225
Samekh
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43219
Pe
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43223
Pe: final
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43218
Ṣade
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43224
Ṣade: final
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43222
Qoph
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43228
Resh
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43231
Shin/Sin
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43230
Tav
London, BL MS. Harley 5722: Letter - #43229
