Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 42

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 42: Main text scribe; Vocaliser; Massorete - Square

Samuel b. Abraham Altaras (שמואל בן אברהם אלטירס) (Date active: 1470)

Autograph

• Main text scribe
• Vocaliser
• Massorete

Full name

Sephardi

Square

Calligraphic

Display

Scholars'

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

Stable

• Stable
• Smaller 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

• Regular spacing
• Nesting

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are equal to 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