Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.2.41

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.2.41: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Isaac b. Yosef b. Challo (יצחק בן יוסף בן חלו) (Date active: 1325)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Scholars'

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Variable

Variable

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Overarching

• Variable size
• Elongated vertically

• 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 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

• Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
• There is no shading