Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name
Script Definition
Oriental
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- In the upper part
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Variable
- Stable
- Equal to the height of the line of writing
Variable
- Stable
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Quick
- Regular spacing
- Nesting
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Regular size
- Ascenders are equal to 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
Justification
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Justification - #11955

Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11944

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11945

Beth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11949

Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11951

Daleth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11957

He
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11963

Zayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11964

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11958

Kaph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11947

Kaph: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11948

Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11959

Mem
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11969

Mem: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11968

Nun
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11961

Nun: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11952

Samekh
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11965

'Ayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11967

Pe
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11953

Pe: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11950

Ṣade
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11956

Ṣade: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11954

Qoph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11960

Shin/Sin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11962

Tav
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Letter - #11966

Ligature
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Ligature - #11942

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 166: Ligature - #11943
