Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 18

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 18: Glossator - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe not identified

Glossator

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Rotunda

• Attached to the headline
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Quick

Regular spacing

Regular size

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