Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Main text scribe - Square

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Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851
Cambridge University Library (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Nehemiah Gaon (נחמיה גאון) (Date active: fl. 960-968)
Scribe identified by handwriting
Main text scribe

Script Definition

  • Oriental
  • Oriental (North-East)
Square
Documentary

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Variable
  • Higher than 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

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Regular size
  • Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are shorter 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 not parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
15 Jul 2026, 1:53 a.m. by Joseph O'Hara
Joseph O'Hara
Joseph O'Hara, 'Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/2079/ on 2026-07-15.

Letter

Aleph

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51145
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Beth

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51146
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Gimel

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51152
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Daleth

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51154
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He

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51155
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Vav

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51156
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Zayin

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51157
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Ḥeth

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51158
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Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51159
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Ṭeth

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51148
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Yod

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51160
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Kaph

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51161
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Kaph: final

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51151
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Lamed

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51162
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Mem

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51165
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Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51164
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Mem: final

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51163
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Nun

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51167
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Nun: final

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51149
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Samekh

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51168
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'Ayin

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51171
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Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51170
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Pe

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51172
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Ṣade

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51147
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Ṣade: final

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51153
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Qoph

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51169
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Resh

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51173
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Shin/Sin

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51174
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Tav

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51175
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Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Letter - #51166
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Nexus

Cambridge, CUL MS. 12.851: Nexus - #51150
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