Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 238

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 238: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Moses b. Solomon Gabbai Hazzan (משה בן שלמה גבאי חזן) (Date active: 1461)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Variable

• Variable
• Higher than the height of the line of writing

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Overarching
• Puzzle-letters

• Variable size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are longer than 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 not parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them