Oxford, Bodleian MS. Pococke 238

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Pococke 238: Main text scribe - Square

Solomon b. Samuel Ha-Dayyan Ha-Levi (שלמה בן שמואל הדיין הלוי) (Date active: 13th Century)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

שלמה הלוי בר ... שמואל הדיין

Full name

Oriental (South-West)

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Stable

2

6

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

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Nesting

9.7mm x 10.2mm

There is minor variation in the aleph dimensions: 9-10mm for height and 9-11mm for width.

9.5mm x 7.3mm

There is minor variation in the he dimensions: 9-10mm for height and 7-8mm for width.

9.4mm x 12.4mm

There is minor variation in the shin dimensions: 9-10mm for height and 11-13mm for width.

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are longer 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

There is shading