Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Main text scribe - Square

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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
  • Full name
  • Differentiated letters

Script Definition

Ashkenazi (Italo-Ashkenazi)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Variable
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
Variable
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Variable size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are equal to 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 not parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
There is shading

Decoration

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Decoration - #29386
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Decoration - #29389
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Decoration - #29388
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Decoration - #29387
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Letter

Aleph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29374
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Beth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29375
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Gimel

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29384
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Daleth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29382
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He

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29380
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Vav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29378
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Zayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29385
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Ḥeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29370
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Ṭeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29369
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Yod

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29379
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Kaph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29381
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Kaph: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29383
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Lamed

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29373
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Mem

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29361
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Mem: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29362
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Nun

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29368
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Nun: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29371
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Samekh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29377
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'Ayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29372
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Pe

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29366
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Pe: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29360
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Ṣade

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29367
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Ṣade: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29359
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Qoph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29365
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Resh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29364
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Shin/Sin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29376
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Tav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2537: Letter - #29363
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