Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.50

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.50: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni); Cursive

Isaac b. Yekutiel (יצחק בן יקותיאל ת"ם) (Date active: 1433)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Italian

• Non-square (Beinoni)
• Cursive

Current

Bookhand

• Rotunda
• Scholars'

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

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

• Variable
• Wider than the width of an average he
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Variable
• No space (letters touch each other)
• Equal to the width of an average vav

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

Regular size

• 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