Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Main text scribe - Square

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Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737
Universiteitsbibliotheek (Leiden, Netherlands)
Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Hasdai b. Jeshua (חסדאי בן ישועה) (Date active: 1293)
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe

Script Definition

  • Oriental
  • Oriental (North-East)
Square
Calligraphic
Display

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • 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
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Ascenders are equal to 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
  • Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
  • There is shading
3 Nov 2026, 11:46 a.m. by Margherita Pepoli
Margherita Pepoli
Margherita Pepoli, 'Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/2259/ on 2026-11-03.

Justification

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Justification - #56147
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Letter

Aleph

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56143
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Beth

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56145
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Gimel

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56146
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Daleth

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56148
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He

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56149
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Vav

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56151
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Zayin

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56144
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Ḥeth

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56150
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Ṭeth

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56152
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Yod

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56154
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Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56153
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Kaph

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56156
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Kaph: final

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56155
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Lamed

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56158
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Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56157
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Mem

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56159
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Mem: final

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4737: Letter - #56160
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