London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Main text scribe - Square

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London, BL MS. Add. 10455
British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Simeon ha-Sofer b. Jacob known as Vivanṭ the Seal Engraver (שמשון הסופר בן יעקב המכונה ויוואנט החוקק חותמות) (Date active: 1310)
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
שמשון הסופר ב"ר יעקב זצ"ל המכונה ויוואנט החוקק חותמות
Full name

Script Definition

  • Ashkenazi
  • Ashkenazi (Germany and Eastern Europe)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand

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
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Regular size
  • Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are parallel
  • Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
There is shading
4 Feb 2026, 9:06 a.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina
'London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1705/ on 2026-02-06.

Divine Symbol

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Divine Symbol - #40817
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Justification

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Justification - #40865
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Letter

Aleph

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40850
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Beth

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40859
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Gimel

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40828
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Daleth

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40861
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He

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40819
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Vav

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40857
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Zayin

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40878
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Ḥeth

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40863
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Ṭeth

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40814
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Yod

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40830
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Kaph

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40826
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Kaph: final

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40837
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Lamed

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40840
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Mem

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40834
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Mem: final

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40823
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Nun

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40866
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Nun: final

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40868
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Samekh

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40812
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'Ayin

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40810
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Pe

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40815
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Pe: final

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40809
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Ṣade

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40820
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Ṣade: final

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40811
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Qoph

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40816
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Resh

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40818
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Shin/Sin

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40854
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Tav

London, BL MS. Add. 10455: Letter - #40813
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