Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Script Definition
Sephardi (Maghreb)
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Attached to the headline
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Variable
Variable
Variable
Variable
Quick
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Overarching
- Puzzle-letters
- Writing on different levels
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Variable 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
Abbreviation
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Abbreviation - #12891

Justification
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Justification - #12907

Letter
Aleph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12895

Beth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12903

Gimel
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12893

Daleth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12896

He
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12890

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12894

Vav
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12914

Zayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12898

Ṭeth
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12892

Yod
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12915

Kaph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12913

Kaph: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12899

Lamed
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12910

Mem
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12916

Mem: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12902

Nun
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12905

Nun: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12900

'Ayin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12911

Pe
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12901

Ṣade
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12906

Ṣade: final
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12908

Qoph
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12897

Resh
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12909

Shin/Sin
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12904

Tav
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 116: Letter - #12912
