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

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Main text scribe; Artist - Square

Scribe

Meir b. Samuel of Provence (מאיר בן שמואל מפרוינצה) (Date active: 1396)
Autograph
  • Main text scribe
  • Artist
Full name

Script Definition

  • Sephardi
  • Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)
Square
Calligraphic
Display
Scholars'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • 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

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • 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
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Decoration

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Decoration - #27911
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Decoration - #8521
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Decoration - #8520
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Decoration - #8519
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Justification

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Justification - #8518
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Justification - #27903
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8509
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Beth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8511
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8515
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8516
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Mem: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8514
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #27904
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Ṣade: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8510
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Resh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8513
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8512
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Tav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Letter - #8517
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Ligature

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 81: Ligature - #8508
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