Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
Script Definition
Sephardi
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Scholars'
Global Aspect of the Script
- 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
Variable
Variable
Quick
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Writing on different levels
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Variable size
- Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
- Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
- Downstrokes are not parallel
- Horizontal strokes are not 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
Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
Justification
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Justification - #6455

Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6456

Beth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6448

Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6454

He
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6467

Ḥeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6459

Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6457

Nun
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6466

Samekh
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6451

Pe
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6458

Pe: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6450

Ṣade
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6453

Ṣade: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6460

Shin/Sin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Letter - #6468

Ligature
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 44: Ligature - #6452
