Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 852

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

[Abraham] Main Scribe – Non-square

[Abraham] ([אברהם]) (Date active: 1487)

Main text scribe

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

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

Variable

Variable

Variable

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Overarching

Variable size

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

• Downstrokes are not parallel
• Horizontal strokes are not 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