Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 44

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 44: Main text scribe - Square

Abraham b. Jacob (אברהם בן יעקב) (Date active: 1303)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Ashkenazi

Square

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

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Very slow

Regular spacing

• Regular size
• Square

• 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