Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 804

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 804: Massorete - Square

Massorete

Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)

Square

Calligraphic

• Scholars'
• Gothic

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

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Equal to the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Irregular spacing

Regular size

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

Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib