Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 49B

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 49B: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

• Calligraphic
• Current

Bookhand

• Rotunda
• Scholars'

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

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

Variable

Quick

Irregular spacing

Regular size

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

• Downstrokes are not parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them

• Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
• There is shading