Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384
Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Meir b. Moses [b. Latif Sephardi] (מאיר בר משה [אבן לטיף ספרדי]) (Date active: 1399)
Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
Variable
Variable
Quick
  • Irregular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching
  • Puzzle-letters
  • Writing on different levels

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 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
  • Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
  • There is shading
10 Jul 2024, 2:53 p.m.
18 Apr 2024, 9:31 a.m. by Elena Lolli
6 Jun 2026, 4:29 p.m. by Elena Lolli
Elena Lolli
Elena Lolli, 'Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/565/ on 2026-06-22.

Abbreviation

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Abbreviation - #28078
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Abbreviation - #48166
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Abbreviation - #12455
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Decoration

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Decoration - #28023
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Decoration - #28021
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Decoration - #28022
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Decoration - #48164
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Divine Symbol

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Divine Symbol - #28070
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Divine Symbol - #48156
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Divine Symbol - #48286
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Divine Symbol - #48157
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Editorial Symbol

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Editorial Symbol - #48284
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Justification

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Justification - #12440
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Justification - #28079
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Justification - #12468
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Justification - #28019
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Justification - #28075
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48282
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48158
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48154
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48146
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12448
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Beth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12461
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12445
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48285
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Daleth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12447
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12462
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Vav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12470
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Zayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12442
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Ḥeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12460
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12443
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Yod

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #28020
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Kaph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12458
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Kaph: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12457
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48283
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12464
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12454
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12469
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Mem: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12465
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Nun

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #33768
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12441
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12459
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Samekh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12466
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'Ayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #30974
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12446
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Pe: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12444
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12467
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Ṣade: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48153
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #48287
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12438
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Qoph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12456
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Resh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12449
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12452
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Tav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Letter - #12463
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Nexus

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Nexus - #48356
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Nexus - #48357
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Punctuation

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Punctuation - #28077
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Michael 384: Punctuation - #28088
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