Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Main text scribe - Cursive

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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Main text scribe - Cursive

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Differentiated letters

Script Definition

  • Sephardi
  • Sephardi (Catalan/Provençal)
Cursive
Calligraphic
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Variable
  • No space (letters touch each other)
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Quick
  • Irregular spacing
  • Puzzle-letters
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Variable size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are not parallel
  • Ascenders are parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them

Letter

Aleph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22485
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Beth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22475
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Gimel

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22490
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Daleth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22477
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He

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22489
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Vav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22492
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Zayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22487
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Ḥeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22478
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Ṭeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22471
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Yod

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22494
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Kaph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22493
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Kaph: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22488
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Lamed

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22482
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Mem

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22473
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Mem: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22476
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Nun

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22491
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Nun: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22486
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Samekh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22469
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'Ayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22474
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Pe

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22480
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Pe: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22479
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Ṣade

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22470
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Ṣade: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22468
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Qoph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22481
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Resh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22472
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Shin/Sin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22484
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Tav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2065: Letter - #22483
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