Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Main text scribe - Square
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name
Script Definition
Oriental
Square
Calligraphic
Display
Scholars'
Global Aspect of the Script
- 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
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Puzzle-letters
- Writing on different levels
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Regular size
- Ascenders are longer 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
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
Justification
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Justification - #6387
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Justification - #6375
Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6374
Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6386
Daleth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6381
Ḥeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6383
Kaph: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6377
Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6378
Nun
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6379
Nun: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6380
'Ayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6388
Ṣade
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6384
Ṣade: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6376
Resh
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6382
Shin/Sin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Letter - #6385
