Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.26

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Main Scribe – Non-square

Main text scribe

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

• Rotunda
• Scholars'

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Variable

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

Variable

Variable

Quick

Irregular spacing

Regular size

• Ascenders are longer than 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

Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib