Los Angeles, Getty 116: (Other) - Non-square (Beinoni)

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J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)
Los Angeles, Getty 116: (Other) - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe not identified
(Other)
Scibe of Rashi's commentary

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
Smaller than the height of the line of writing
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
No space (letters touch each other)
Slow
Nesting

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 parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
There is shading

Letter

Kaph: final

Los Angeles, Getty 116: Letter - #2941
Item image

Shin/Sin

Los Angeles, Getty 116: Letter - #2975
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