Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 43

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 43: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Joseph b. Hayyim Marsili (יוסף בן חיים מרצילי) (Date active: 1421)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

• Merchants'
• Mudejar

• In the upper part
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Variable

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

Variable

Variable

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Puzzle-letters
• Writing on different levels

Variable 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