Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 855

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

David b. Aaron Ḥazzan Main Scribe – Cursive

David b. Aaron Ḥazzan (דוד בן אהרן חזן) (Date active: 1492)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Cursive

Current

Bookhand

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

Variable

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

Variable

Variable

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

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