Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 803: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)
Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 803: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

  • Byzantine
  • Italian
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
  • Scholars'
  • Rotunda

Global Aspect of the Script

Attached to the headline
Stable
10
24-26
Higher than the height of the line of writing
  • Stable
  • Equal to the width of an average he
  • Stable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Quick
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

3 x 2 mm
Taken on fol. 100r
2 x 2 mm
Taken on fol. 100r
2.5 x 3 mm
Taken on fol. 100r
Square
  • 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 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

Letter

Gimel

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 803: Letter - #42177
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