Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 28

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 28: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Sephardi

Square

Calligraphic

• Attached to the headline
• Ascenders go above the headline

Stable

• Stable
• Smaller than the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Stable
• Equal to the width of an average vav

Very slow

Regular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

• 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

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib