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St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 51: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Item

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 51

Collection

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

Name

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 51: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe Identifications

Scribe not identified

Scribe Roles

Main text scribe

Scribe Role Observations

I suspect (based on striking similarities in handwriting) that it might be either another volume of the same manuscript as St Petersburg IOM D 27, or at the very least written by the same scribe.

Script Definition

Script Type

Ashkenazi

Script Mode

Non-square (Beinoni)

Script Quality

Calligraphic

Script Function

Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

Position of Written Line

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

Regular size
Elongated vertically

Proportions of Ascenders and Descenders

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

Parallelism Between Strokes

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

Width of the Stroke

There is shading

Created: 6 Nov 2026, 2:11 p.m. by Evgeniya Zarubina

How to cite this page: 'St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 51: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)', in: Hebrew Palaeography Album, General Editors: Judith Olszowy-Schlanger. Consulted online at https://www.hebrewpalaeography.com/data/specimens/2277/ on 2026-11-08.

Divine Symbol

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 51: Divine Symbol - #56582

Justification

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 51: Justification - #56664

Letter

St. Petersburg, IOM MS. D 51: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Script Definition

Global Aspect of the Script

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Divine Symbol

Justification

Letter

Aleph

Beth

Gimel

Daleth

He

Vav

Zayin

Ḥeth

Ṭeth

Yod

Kaph

Kaph: final

Lamed

Mem

Mem: final

Nun

Nun: final

Samekh

'Ayin

Pe

Pe: final

Ṣade

Ṣade: final

Qoph

Resh

Shin/Sin

Tav

Nexus