Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 208

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 208: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Menahem b. Yehiel Galiki (מנחם בן יחיאל ממשפחת הגליקי) (Date active: 1394)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Stable

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

• Variable
• Wider than the width of an average he

Variable

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
• Descenders are longer than 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 parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them