Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 803

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

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

Scribe not identified

Massorete

Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

• Scholars'
• Gothic

• 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

• 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