Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Acrostic from bottom to top
אקרוסטיכון "משה"(דפים: 127א, 135א)

Script Definition

Oriental
Non-square (Beinoni)
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Smaller 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
Quick
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Regular size
  • Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are not parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are not parallel
  • Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib

Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56002
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56009
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Daleth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56007
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Vav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56000
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Zayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56003
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Ḥeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56008
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56006
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56010
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Mem: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56004
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56001
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56005
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 305: Letter - #56011
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