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St. Petersburg, IOM MS. A 32: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Item

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. A 32

Collection

Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Name

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. A 32: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe Identifications

Scribe not identified

Scribe Roles

Main text scribe

Script Definition

Script Type

Sephardi

Script Mode

Non-square (Beinoni)

Script Quality

Calligraphic

Script Function

Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

Position of Written Line

Attached to the headline
Ascenders go above the headline
Descenders descend below the baseline

Text Density

Stable

Spaces Between Lines

Stable
Higher than the height of the line of writing

Spaces Between Words

Stable
Smaller than the width of an average he

Spaces Between Letters in a Word

Stable
Smaller than the width of an average vav

Text Rapidity

Slow

Letters in a Word

Regular spacing
Nesting
Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Proportions of Average Letters

Variable size
Elongated vertically

Proportions of Ascenders and Descenders

Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter

Parallelism Between Strokes

Downstrokes are not parallel
Horizontal strokes are 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

Width of the Stroke

There is no shading

Created: 22 Sep 2026, 10:48 a.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina

How to cite this page: 'St. Petersburg, IOM MS. A 32: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/2181/ on 2026-09-22.