Oxford, Bodleian MS. Arch. Selden A. 7

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Arch. Selden A. 7: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Ashkenazi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Scholars'

• Attached to the headline
• 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

Variable

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

Regular size

• Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are shorter than 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

• Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
• There is no shading