Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 400

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Elijah b. Joseph b. Yehiel Min Ha-Altarini Main Scribe – Non-square

Elijah b. Joseph b. Yehiel Min Ha-Altarini (אליה בן יוסף בן יחיאל מן האלטריני) (Date active: 1372)

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

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter

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