Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 417

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Eliakim b. Samuel Ha-Levi Main Scribe – Non-square

Eliakim b. Samuel Ha-Levi (אליקים בן שמואל הלוי) (Date active: 1460)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Ashkenazi

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

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

Variable

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are equal to 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 parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are not parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them