London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Main text scribe - Square
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British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Full name
Script Definition
- Ashkenazi
- Ashkenazi (Italo-Ashkenazi)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- In the middle
- 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
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
Irregular spacing
Approximate Size of Average Letters
- Variable size
- Elongated horizontally
- Ascenders are longer 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
Letter
Samekh
London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43836
Pe
London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43839
London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43840
Pe: final
London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43837
Ṣade: final
London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43838
