Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 53: Main text scribe - Square

Israel b. Azariah b. Moses Ashkenazi (ישראל בן עזריא בן משה אשכנזי) (Date active: 1450)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Byzantine

Square

Calligraphic

Display

Scholars'

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

• Stable
• Smaller than the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• 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

• Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
• There is no shading