Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 100

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Laud Or. 100 - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe not identified

Very likely written by Judah b. Abba Mari ha-Kokhabi, who copied MS. Paris BnF hébr. 315 in 1333.

Sephardi (Catalan/Provençal)

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Variable

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

Variable

Variable

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

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