Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 196

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Elijah b. Moses Main Scribe – Non-square

Elijah b. Moses (אליא בן משה) (Date active: 1439)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Stable

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

• Variable
• Wider than the width of an average he

Variable

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated horizontally

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

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