Florence, FIR NAZ MS. Magl II.I.7: Main text scribe - Square

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Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (Florence, Italy)
Florence, FIR NAZ MS. Magl II.I.7: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Main text scribe

Script Definition

Ashkenazi
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Gothic

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • Attached to the headline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing
Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Variable
  • No space (letters touch each other)
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Nesting

Approximate Size of Average Letters

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

Divine Symbol

Florence, BNCF MS. Fondo Nazionale II.I.7: Divine Symbol - #3347
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