Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 23: Main text scribe - Square

Aharon b. Shlomo Ha-Levi (אהרן בן שלמה הלוי) (Date active: 1248-1249)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Oriental

Square

Calligraphic

Display

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

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Puzzle-letters
• Writing on different levels

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