Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 58

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 58: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

• Current
• Careless

Bookhand

Rotunda

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

Variable

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

Variable

Variable

Quick

Irregular spacing

Variable 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 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