St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 67: Main text scribe - Square

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Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia)
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 67: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

Oriental
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • 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
Very slow
  • Regular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Square
  • Ascenders are longer 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 parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them

Letter

Pe

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 67: Letter - #56729
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Pe: final

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 67: Letter - #56730
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Ṣade

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 67: Letter - #56727
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Ṣade: final

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 67: Letter - #56728
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