St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Main text scribe - Square
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Details
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia)
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
Script Definition
Oriental
Square
- Calligraphic
- Current
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
Variable
- Variable
- Smaller than the width of an average he
- Variable
- No space (letters touch each other)
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Overarching
Approximate Size of Average Letters
- Variable size
- Elongated vertically
- Ascenders are shorter 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 not parallel to the downstrokes
- Ascenders are not parallel among them
- Descenders are parallel among them
Justification
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Justification - #56569
Letter
Aleph
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56540
Beth
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56547
Gimel
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56549
Daleth
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56559
He
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56563
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56566
Vav
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56561
Zayin
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56558
Ḥeth
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56550
Ṭeth
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56555
Yod
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56562
Kaph
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56553
Kaph: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56556
Lamed
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56545
Mem
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56554
Mem: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56551
Nun
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56557
Nun: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56567
Samekh
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56552
'Ayin
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56541
Pe
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56543
Pe: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56544
Ṣade
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56546
Ṣade: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56539
Qoph
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56542
Resh
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56560
Shin/Sin
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56565
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56564
Tav
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 32: Letter - #56548
