Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 816

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Elya b. Mesholem b. Solomon Main Scribe – Non-square

Elya b. Mesholem b. Solomon (אליא בן משולם בן שלמה) (Date active: 1427)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Ashkenazi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Stable

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

Variable

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 not 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 not parallel among them