Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Massorete - Square

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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
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Justification

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Justification - #7554
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7549
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Beth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7557
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7552
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7551
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7555
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7558
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7548
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Pe: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7553
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7556
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Qoph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803: Letter - #7550
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