Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.2

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Moses b. Shabbetai from Palestrina — Non-square

Moses b. Shabbetai from Palestrina (משה בן שבתי מפלשתיריני) (Date active: 1473)

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

• Calligraphic
• Current

Bookhand

• Scholars'
• Rotunda

• In the middle
• 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

Variable

Quick

Irregular spacing

Regular size

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

• Downstrokes are not parallel
• Horizontal strokes are not 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

• Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
• There is shading