Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 611: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Yaakov b. Moshe b. Avi Dinar (יעקב בן משה בן אבי דינאר) (Date active: 1332)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi (Maghreb)

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Scholars'

• 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

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