Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Main text scribe - Square

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Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Autograph
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Square
Calligraphic
Display
Scholars'

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
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Square
  • 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

Justification

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Justification - #12715
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Justification - #12728
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Justification - #12729
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Letter

Aleph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12713
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Gimel

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12726
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Daleth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12719
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He

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12734
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Vav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12733
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Zayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12714
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Ḥeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12712
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12732
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Ṭeth

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12731
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Yod

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12735
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Kaph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12718
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Kaph: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12711
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Lamed

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12724
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Mem

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12740
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Mem: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12722
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Nun: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12721
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Samekh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12737
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'Ayin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12741
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Pe

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12725
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Pe: final

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12730
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Ṣade

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12723
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Qoph

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12738
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Resh

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12717
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Shin/Sin

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12720
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Tav

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Letter - #12727
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Ligature

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Ligature - #12710
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Oxford, Bodleian MS. Marsh. Or. 7: Ligature - #12716
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