Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 89

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Canon. Or. 89: Main text scribe - Square

Paola bt. Abraham b. Yoav (פולה בת אברהם בי"ר יואב) (Date active: 1293)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Square

• Calligraphic
• Current

Bookhand

Scholars'

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

Variable

• 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

Quick

Regular spacing

• 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 not parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are not parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them

• Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
• There is shading