Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 42

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 42: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

• In the upper part
• 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

• Stable
• Equal to the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Regular spacing

• Regular size
• Square

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

• Downstrokes are not parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib