Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Universiteitsbibliotheek (Leiden, Netherlands)
Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

Byzantine
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the height of the line of writing
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Square
  • Ascenders are equal to 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 not parallel among them
  • Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
  • There is no shading

Abbreviation

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Abbreviation - #57530
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Letter

Ṭeth

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57513
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Yod

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57542
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Kaph: final

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57528
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Mem: final

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57541
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Nun: final

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57532
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Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57535
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Samekh

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57545
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Pe: final

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57523
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Ṣade: final

Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Letter - #57515
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