Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236
Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
According to Richler's catalogue, "[t]he copyist is probably Isaac b. Obadiah b. David of Forli who copied many other MSS between 1427-1467 (cf. MS 1679, no. 25)" (p. 74). However, there is no colophon in the ms, hence the scribe is "not identified".

Script Definition

Italian
Non-square (Beinoni)
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Rotunda

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
Slow
Irregular spacing

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 not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
24 Oct 2025, 2:03 p.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina

Decoration

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34143
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34187
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34186
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34185
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34184
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34183
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34182
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34181
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Decoration - #34180
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Letter

Aleph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34128
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Beth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34130
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Gimel

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34134
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Daleth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34136
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34135
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He

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34139
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Vav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34141
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Zayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34132
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Ḥeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34133
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Ṭeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34140
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Yod

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34142
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Kaph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34124
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Kaph: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34138
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Lamed

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34125
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Mem

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34119
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34116
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Mem: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34122
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Nun

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34131
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Nun: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34137
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Samekh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34117
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'Ayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34123
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Pe

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34120
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Pe: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34114
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Ṣade

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34115
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Ṣade: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34118
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Qoph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34127
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Resh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34129
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Shin/Sin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34126
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Tav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3236: Letter - #34121
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