Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Main text scribe - Square

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Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570
Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

Yemenite
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • 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
Very slow
  • Irregular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

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 not 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
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2 Jun 2026, 3:29 p.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina
'Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Main text scribe - Square', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/1976/ on 2026-06-03.

Letter

Mem

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47922
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Mem: final

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47928
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Samekh

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47923
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'Ayin

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47933
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Pe

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47925
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Pe: final

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47921
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Ṣade

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47924
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Ṣade: final

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Qu. 570: Letter - #47930
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