Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

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

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
  • Descenders are 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. Marsh 580: Justification - #20399
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Justification - #20402
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20400
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Beth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20411
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20407
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Daleth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20395
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20428
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20418
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Vav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20429
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Ḥeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20396
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20398
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Yod

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20430
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Kaph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20397
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Kaph: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20421
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20419
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20413
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Mem: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20415
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Nun

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20417
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20420
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Samekh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20410
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'Ayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20408
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20414
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Pe: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20404
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20405
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Ṣade: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20394
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Qoph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20401
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Resh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20416
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20426
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Tav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Letter - #20424
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Nexus

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Nexus - #20406
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Punctuation

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh 580: Punctuation - #20403
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