Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.17

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.1.17: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Main text scribe

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Scholars'

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

Variable

Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

• Variable
• No space (letters touch each other)

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Writing on different levels

Variable size

• Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
• Descenders are equal to 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 not parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them

Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib