Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Main text scribe 3 - Non-square (Beinoni) 3

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Universiteitsbibliotheek (Leiden, Netherlands)
Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760: Main text scribe 3 - Non-square (Beinoni) 3

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Copyist of Leiden, LUL MS. Or. 4760, foll. 211r-211v.
Full name

Script Definition

Byzantine
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • Attached to the headline
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Variable
  • Variable
  • Smaller 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
  • Writing on different levels

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Regular size
  • Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
  • Downstrokes are not 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 not parallel among them
  • Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
  • There is no shading
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