St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 27: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia)
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 27: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Scribe not identified
Main text scribe
Script Definition
Ashkenazi
Non-square (Beinoni)
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Attached to the headline
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
- Stable
- Higher than the height of the line of writing
- Variable
- Smaller than the width of an average he
- Variable
- No space (letters touch each other)
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Overarching
Approximate Size of Average Letters
- Variable size
- Elongated vertically
- Ascenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are equal to the height of the average letter
- Downstrokes are parallel
- Horizontal strokes are parallel
- Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
- Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
- Ascenders are parallel among them
- Descenders are parallel among them
There is shading
Letter
Pe
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 27: Letter - #55996
Pe: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 27: Letter - #55993
Ṣade
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 27: Letter - #55994
Ṣade: final
St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 27: Letter - #55999
