London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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London, BL MS. Add. 27114
British Library (London, United Kingdom)
London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Solomon b. Jacob (שלמה בן יעקב אלמליח) (Date active: 1502)
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Full name

Script Definition

Sephardi
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Scholars'

Global Aspect of the Script

  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the height of the line of writing
  • Variable
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
Variable
Quick
  • Irregular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Elongated vertically
  • Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are not parallel
  • Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them
Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
27 Aug 2026, 2:37 p.m. by Miruna-Ștefana Belea
Miruna-Ștefana Belea
Miruna-Ștefana Belea, 'London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/2147/ on 2026-08-28.

Letter

Beth

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53024
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Gimel

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53023
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Daleth

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53010
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He

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53013
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Vav

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53011
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Zayin

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53012
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Ḥeth

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53021
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Yod

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53018
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Kaph

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53016
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Kaph: final

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53022
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Mem: final

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53026
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Pe: final

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53014
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Ṣade

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53017
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Qoph

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53020
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Resh

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53015
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Shin/Sin

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53019
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Tav

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Letter - #53027
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Nexus

London, BL MS. Add. 27114: Nexus - #53025
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