Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 42: Main text scribe - Square

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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 42: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Square
Calligraphic
Display
Gothic

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
Variable
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Square
  • Ascenders are shorter than 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 parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
  • Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
  • There is shading

Divine Symbol

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Divine Symbol - #21957
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Justification

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Justification - #21977
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Justification - #21953
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Justification - #21976
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21954
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Beth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21960
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21963
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Daleth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21951
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21975
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Vav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21973
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Zayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21962
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Ḥeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21971
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21978
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Yod

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21970
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Kaph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21961
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Kaph: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21969
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21972
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21966
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Nun

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21964
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21974
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Samekh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21967
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'Ayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21956
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21958
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21955
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Qoph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21965
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Resh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21959
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Letter - #21952
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Nexus

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Nexus - #21950
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Punctuation

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Punctuation - #21968
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marshall Or. 42: Punctuation - #21979
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