Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 135

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Bodley Or. 135: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Ashkenazi (France)

Square

Calligraphic

Display

• Scholars'
• Gothic

• In the upper part
• Ascenders go above the headline

Stable

Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Regular spacing

• 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