Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 817

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Meir b. Samuel b. Hasdai Main Scribe – Non-square

Meir b. Samuel b. Hasdai (מאיר בן שמואל בן חסדאי די שלינש) (Date active: 1463)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Bookhand

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

Stable

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

Variable

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Overarching

Variable size

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 not parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them