Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 233

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 233: Main text scribe; Artist - Non-square (Beinoni)

Yamin [=Benjamin] b. Moses, called Wolf Karnakh (ימין בן משה (המכונה) וואלף קרנך) (Date active: 1463)

Autograph

• Main text scribe
• Artist

Full name

Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

• Display
• Bookhand

• Scholars'
• Gothic

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

Variable

Variable

Variable

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Quick

Regular spacing

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
• Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter

• Downstrokes are parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are not parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them

• Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
• There is no shading