Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Massorete - Square
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Details
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Massorete - Square
Scribe
Scribe not identified
Massorete
Script Definition
Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
- Scholars'
- Gothic
Global Aspect of the Script
- In the upper part
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
- Stable
- Equal to the height of the line of writing
Variable
- 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
Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
Abbreviation
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Abbreviation - #7559
Justification
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Justification - #7554
Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7549
Beth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7557
Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7552
Ṭeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7551
Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7555
Mem
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7558
Nun: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7548
Pe: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7553
Ṣade
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7556
Qoph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7550
