Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name
Script Definition
Sephardi (Maghreb)
Non-square (Beinoni)
Calligraphic
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
Variable
Variable
Quick
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Puzzle-letters
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Regular size
- Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
- Descenders are equal to 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. 611: Justification - #7365
Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7367
Beth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7361
Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7372
Daleth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7375
Zayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7363
Ḥeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7371
Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7374
Mem: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7362
Nun: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7373
Pe
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7369
Ṣade: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7364
Qoph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7368
Shin/Sin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Letter - #7370
Ligature
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Ligature - #7366
