Budapest, MTA MS. A50: Main text scribe - Square

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Hungarian Academy of Sciences Library (MTA) (Budapest, Hungary)
Budapest, MTA MS. A50: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified
Main text scribe

Script Definition

Italian
Square
Calligraphic

Global Aspect of the Script

  • In the middle
  • Ascenders go above the headline
  • Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
  • Stable
  • Equal to the height of the line of writing
Smaller than the width of an average he
  • No space (letters touch each other)
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Nesting

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Regular size
  • 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
There is shading

Divine Symbol

Budapest, MTA MS. A50: Divine Symbol - #31873
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Justification

Budapest, MTA MS. A50: Justification - #31874
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