Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3164: Main text scribe - Square

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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3164: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
משה בר' יוסף בר' יהוסף אית"ן
Full name

Script Definition

Sephardi
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Scholars'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the height of the line of writing
  • Stable
  • Smaller than 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 longer than 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
  • Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
  • There is shading

Justification

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3164: Justification - #34866
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3164: Justification - #34867
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3164: Justification - #34868
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Letter

Aleph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3164: Letter - #34865
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