Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

BnF MS. Hébreu 1309: Main text scribe 3 - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Description
• Wavier execution overall
• Horizontal strokes:
o Tend to remain parallel to the line of writing (Sephardi feature)
• Downstrokes:
o Rounded rather than sharply tapered
• Junctures:
o Characteristically cross-shaped (key diagnostic feature)
• Aleph:
o Foot of the aleph is reduced or almost absent
• Line of writing:
o Can show irregularity
• General appearance:
o Less controlled, sometimes disorganized
o Careless nesting of letters
• Ink:
o Often lighter, but this is not in itself decisive
• Writing surface:
o Sometimes coarser paper, affecting flow of the pen
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Distribution
• Begins: fol. 98r
• Continues:
o Fol. 98r → fol. 186v
• Interrupted briefly by Hand B:
o Fol. 138v (l. 18) → fol. 139r (l. 3)
• Key comparison folios:
o Fol. 124r (vs fol. 71r, Hand A)
o Fol. 132r (vs fol. 91v, Hand A)
• Possible earlier appearance:
o Fol. 46v–47r (more “jumpy” execution)

Byzantine

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Scholars'

Stable

12

34-44

Variable

Variable

Quick

Regular spacing

2 x 2 mm

Measurements taken on fol. 99r

2,5 x 3 mm

Measurements taken on fol. 99r

3 x 3 mm

Measurements taken on fol. 99r

Variable size

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib