Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 60: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 60: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Main text scribe
Script Definition
- Italian
- Ashkenazi (Italo-Ashkenazi)
Non-square (Beinoni)
Calligraphic
Bookhand
- Scholars'
- Gothic
Global Aspect of the Script
- Attached to the headline
- 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
Quick
Irregular spacing
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Regular size
- 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
Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib