Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
(Other)
Name pointed out on ff. 20r and 138v

Script Definition

  • Sephardi
  • Sephardi (Catalan/Provençal)
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Scholars'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
  • Stable
  • Equal to the width of an average he
No space (letters touch each other)
Quick
  • Nesting
  • Biting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Regular size
  • Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are not parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are not 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
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib

Abbreviation

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Abbreviation - #35721
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Letter

Daleth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35717
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Ṭeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35722
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Kaph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35720
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Nun: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35715
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Samekh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35724
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Pe

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35716
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Pe: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35718
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Ṣade

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35719
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Resh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Letter - #35723
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Nexus

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 3149: Nexus - #35714
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