Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 327

Bodleian Library (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Oxford, Bodleian MS. Huntington 327: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Sephardi (Catalan/Provençal)

Square

Bookhand

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

Stable

11

25

• Variable
• Higher than the height of the line of writing
• 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

• Regular spacing
• Nesting

• Variable size
• Square
• Elongated horizontally

• Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are equal to the height of the average letter

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

• Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
• There is no shading

Light nesting of nun and ayin only.