St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 79: 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 79: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
Script Definition
Oriental
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- In the middle
- 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
- Elongated vertically
- Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are equal to 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
Letter
Ṣade: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 79: Letter - #57075
