Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792
CUL (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Nahray b. Nissim (נהראי בן נסים) (Date active: 1040-1097 (active))
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
נהראי בן נסים אלמערוף בעואץ
Full name

Script Definition

  • Oriental
  • Oriental (South-West)
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Documentary
Merchants'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Variable
Variable
Variable
Broader than the width of an average vav
Quick
Irregular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Elongated vertically
  • 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 not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are not parallel among them
  • Descenders are not parallel among them
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
15 Dec 2025, 6:10 p.m. by Miruna-Ștefana Belea
Miruna-Ștefana Belea
Miruna-Ștefana Belea, 'Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1573/ on 2025-12-16.

Divine Symbol

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Divine Symbol - #36389
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Letter

Aleph

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36404
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Beth

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36401
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Gimel

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36402
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Daleth

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36408
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He

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36397
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Ḥeth

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36406
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Yod

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36395
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Kaph

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36403
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Kaph: final

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36405
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Lamed

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36391
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Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36407
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Mem

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36396
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Mem: final

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36411
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Nun: final

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36416
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Samekh

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36393
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'Ayin

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36394
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Pe

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36398
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Pe: final

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36392
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Qoph

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36415
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Shin/Sin

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36417
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Tav

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Letter - #36410
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Ligature-Connected

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Ligature-Connected - #36412
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Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Ligature-Connected - #36413
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Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Ligature-Connected - #36414
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Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Ligature-Connected - #36390
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Nexus

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Nexus - #36399
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Vowel/Diacritic

Cambridge, CUL MS.T-S 12.792: Vowel/Diacritic - #36400
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