St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Main text scribe - Square
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Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia)
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
Script Definition
Oriental
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Attached to the headline
- 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 not 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
There is no shading
Letter
Aleph
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Letter - #57421
Ṭeth
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Letter - #57418
Pe
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Letter - #57417
Pe: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Letter - #57409
Ṣade
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Letter - #57413
Ṣade: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 84: Letter - #57420
