HebrewPal - Hebrew Palaeography Album

Collapse

Vatican MS. Vat. Ebr. 285: Main text scribe 2 - Non-square (Beinoni)

Details
Graphic Elements (0)

Details

Item

Vatican MS. Vat. Ebr. 285

Collection

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican, Vatican)

Name

Vatican MS. Vat. Ebr. 285: Main text scribe 2 - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe Identifications

Scribe not identified

Scribe Roles

Main text scribe

Script Definition

Script Type

Ashkenazi

Script Mode

Non-square (Beinoni)

Script Quality

Current

Script Function

Bookhand

Script Style

Scholars'

Global Aspect of the Script

Position of Written Line

Ascenders go above the headline
Descenders descend below the baseline

Text Density

Variable

Spaces Between Lines

Variable

Spaces Between Words

Variable

Spaces Between Letters in a Word

Variable

Text Rapidity

Quick

Letters in a Word

Irregular spacing
Nesting

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Proportions of Ascenders and Descenders

Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter

Parallelism Between Strokes

Downstrokes are not parallel
Horizontal strokes are not parallel
Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
Ascenders are not parallel among them
Descenders are not parallel among them

Width of the Stroke

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib

Created: 9 Mar 2026, 1:31 p.m. by Dov Honick

Entry Authors: Dov Honick

How to cite this page: Dov Honick, 'Vatican MS. Vat. Ebr. 285: Main text scribe 2 - Non-square (Beinoni)', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1820/ on 2026-03-09.

No records found

This may be because no data of this type exists yet or because your search criteria is too narrow