Munich, BSB Cod. Hebr. 410: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Munich, Germany)

Munich, BSB Cod. Hebr. 410: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Script Definition

Ashkenazi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Gothic

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

Higher than the height of the line of writing

Stable

  • Variable
  • No space (letters touch each other)
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Nesting

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Regular size

  • Ascenders are equal to 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

There is shading

Letter

Aleph

Munich, BSB Cod. Hebr. 410: Letter - #2770
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