Oxford, Bodleian MS. Pococke 285: Main text scribe - Square
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Pococke 285: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
The initial words written in a more calligraphic manner then the other occurances of the square script that appear in this mainly beinoni-written text.
Script Definition
Oriental
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Attached to the headline
- Attached to the baseline
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
- Stable
- Equal to the height of the line of writing
- Variable
- Equal to the width of an average he
- Smaller than the width of an average he
Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Regular spacing
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 parallel to the downstrokes
- Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
- Ascenders are parallel among them
- Descenders are parallel among them
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