London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Main text scribe - Square

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London, BL MS. Add. 26957
British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Joel b. Simeon ha-Lavlar (יואל בן שמעון הלבלר) (Date active: 1469)
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

  • Ashkenazi
  • Ashkenazi (Italo-Ashkenazi)
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
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
Irregular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • Variable size
  • Elongated horizontally
  • 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 parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
There is shading
3 Mar 2026, 11:36 a.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina
'London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1803/ on 2026-04-25.

Justification

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Justification - #43892
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Letter

Aleph

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43880
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Beth

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43884
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Gimel

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43881
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Daleth

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43882
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He

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43891
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Vav

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43890
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Zayin

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43885
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Ḥeth

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43877
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Ṭeth

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43878
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Yod

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43887
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Kaph

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43883
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Kaph: final

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43886
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Lamed

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43876
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Mem

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43870
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Mem: final

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43874
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Nun

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43889
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Nun: final

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43888
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Samekh

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43836
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'Ayin

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43879
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Pe

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43839
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London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43840
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Pe: final

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43837
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Ṣade

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43869
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Ṣade: final

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43838
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Qoph

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43872
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Resh

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43873
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Shin/Sin

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43871
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Tav

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Letter - #43875
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Nexus

London, BL MS. Add. 26957: Nexus - #43893
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