Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Main text scribe; Artist - Square

Meir b. Samuel from Provenza (מאיר בן שמואל מפרוינצה) (Date active: 1396)

Autograph

• Main text scribe
• Artist

Full name

• Sephardi
• Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)

Square

Calligraphic

Display

Scholars'

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

Stable

Stable

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Very slow

Regular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are equal to 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 shading