Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name
Script Definition
Byzantine
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Scholars'
Global Aspect of the Script
- In the upper part
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Variable
- Stable
- Equal to the height of the line of writing
Variable
Variable
Quick
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Writing on different levels
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Variable size
- Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are shorter than 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
- There is no shading
Abbreviation
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Abbreviation - #8041

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Abbreviation - #8024

Justification
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Justification - #8035

Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8025

Beth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8040

Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8030

Daleth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8029

Zayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8036

Ṭeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8026

Kaph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8033

Kaph: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8038

Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8044

Mem: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8039

Nun: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8031

Samekh
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8042

Pe
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8032

Pe: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8037

Ṣade
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8028

Qoph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8034

Shin/Sin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Letter - #8027

Ligature
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Ligature - #8022

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Ligature - #8043

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Ligature - #8023
