Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 5

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 5: Main text scribe - Square

Samuel b. Yom Tov Alzaig (שמואל בן יום טוב אלצאיג) (Date active: 14th century)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Scholars'

• Attached to the headline
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to 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

Slow

Nesting

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are equal to 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

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib