Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Main text scribe - Square

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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
According to Richler and Beit-Arié Catalogue, the scibe's name in the colophon was added later " On f. 124v a partly legible colophon in an Italian semi-cursive script, perhaps of a later date than the script of the text: Moses of Fano copied the MS..." (p. 55)
Full name

Script Definition

Italian
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • 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
Very slow
  • Irregular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

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

Decoration

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Decoration - #23141
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Decoration - #23144
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Decoration - #23143
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Decoration - #23142
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Letter

Aleph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23124
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Beth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23092
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Gimel

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23128
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Daleth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23134
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He

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23135
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Vav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23133
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Zayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23131
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Ḥeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23078
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Ṭeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23125
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Yod

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23139
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Kaph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23091
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Kaph: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23126
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Lamed

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23132
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Mem

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23079
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Mem: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23077
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Nun

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23129
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Nun: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23127
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Samekh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23083
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'Ayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23130
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Pe

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23090
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Ṣade

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23089
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Ṣade: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23076
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Qoph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23094
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Resh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23140
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Shin/Sin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23097
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Tav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Letter - #23093
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Nexus

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2169: Nexus - #23085
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