Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.3.3

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.3.3

Bookhand

Scholars'

• In the upper part
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

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

Variable

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Biting

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter

• Downstrokes are parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them

• Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
• There is shading