Coptic Module Ratio Classifier
Divide measured letter height by measured pen-nib width for a Coptic hand and classify the module as fine, medium or broad using YOUR supplied thresholds (required inputs, since no single scholarly convention is universal).
Description
Divide measured letter height by measured pen-nib width for a Coptic hand and classify the module as fine, medium or broad using YOUR supplied thresholds (required inputs, since no single scholarly convention is universal).
Coptic Module Ratio Classifier: Divide measured letter height by measured pen-nib width for a Coptic hand and classify the module as fine, medium or broad using YOUR supplied thresholds (required inputs, since no single scholarly convention is universal).
When to use Coptic Module Ratio Classifier
Use this palaeographic utility to apply a stated dating, script, abbreviation, codicological, metrological, layout, or condition rule consistently while preparing manuscripts for scholarly review.
- Nib width
- Measured pen nib width in millimetres.
- Letter height
- Measured letter height in millimetres.
- Fine max
- Your fine-module upper bound on the ratio.
- Broad min
- Your broad-module lower bound on the ratio.
How Coptic Module Ratio Classifier works
Divide measured letter height by measured pen-nib width for a Coptic hand and classify the module as fine, medium or broad using YOUR supplied thresholds (required inputs, since no single scholarly convention is universal). The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.1
- Module ratio
- Letter height divided by nib width.
- Module class
- Module class under your supplied thresholds.
Limitations and assumptions
- Script and manuscript evidence varies by language, region, institution, period, scribe, material, restoration, and cataloguing convention. A heuristic flag or score is not an authoritative date, hand attribution, reading, provenance, or conservation diagnosis.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Retain page images, scale, foliation, material, provenance, diplomatic transcription, uncertainty, and comparison exemplars; confirm conclusions with codicological context and specialist judgment.
References
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Palaeography — Wikipedia contributors
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