Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Main text scribe - Square

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Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3
Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana (Mantova, Italy)
Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

  • Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)
  • Italian
Square
Calligraphic
Display

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the upper part
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
Stable
  • Stable
  • Equal to the width of an average he
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Square
  • Ascenders 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 parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
  • Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
  • There is no shading
15 Oct 2025, 2:25 p.m. by Elena Lolli
Elena Lolli
Elena Lolli, 'Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1487/ on 2025-12-04.

Letter

Aleph

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33561
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Beth

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33575
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Daleth

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33576
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He

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33567
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Vav

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33572
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Ḥeth

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33565
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Ṭeth

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33564
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Yod

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33566
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Kaph

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33573
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Lamed

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33562
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Mem

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33570
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Mem: final

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33563
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Nun

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33568
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Samekh

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33559
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Pe

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33560
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Resh

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33569
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Shin/Sin

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33574
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Tav

Mantova, Biblioteca Comunale Teresiana MS. ebr. 3: Letter - #33571
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