Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Main text scribe - Square

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Main text scribe

Script Definition

Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Square
Calligraphic
  • Display
  • Bookhand
Scholars'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Smaller than 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
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • 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
10 Jul 2024, 2:53 p.m.
30 Jan 2024, 9:04 a.m. by Elena Lolli
Elena Lolli

Justification

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Justification - #7215
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Justification - #7216
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7207
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Beth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7222
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Daleth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7225
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Zayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7220
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7214
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Kaph: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7210
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7223
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7235
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Samekh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7212
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'Ayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7237
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7233
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7219
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Letter - #7232
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Ligature

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 501: Ligature - #7229
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