Budapest, MTA MS. A20: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Hungarian Academy of Sciences Library (MTA) (Budapest, Hungary)
Budapest, MTA MS. A20: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Two scribes worked in collaboration on this manuscript. See pages 52-53, and 172-173 for the change of hand.
  • Full name
  • Differentiated letters

Script Definition

Ashkenazi
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Well-trained non-square Ashkenazi script without calligraphic care.

Global Aspect of the Script

Ascenders go above the headline
Variable
  • Variable
  • Equal to the height of the line of writing
  • Smaller than the height of the line of writing
  • Stable
  • Equal to the width of an average he
  • Variable
  • No space (letters touch each other)
  • Equal to the width of an average vav
Quick
  • Regular spacing
  • Nesting

Approximate Size of Average Letters

2,5 x 3
kappa-shaped, regular chevron
2,5 x 2
2,5 x 3,5
  • Variable size
  • Elongated horizontally
  • Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are equal to the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are not parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are not parallel
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are not parallel among them
  • Thin, traced with a pointy implement
  • There is no shading
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