Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 167

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 167: Main text scribe; Artist - Square

Scribe not identified

• Main text scribe
• Artist

Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)

Square

• Monumental
• Calligraphic

• Display
• Bookhand

Scholars'

• In the upper part
• Ascenders go above the headline

Stable

• Stable
• Higher than the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Equal to the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Regular spacing

• Regular size
• Square

• 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

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib