Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 239

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 239: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Eliezer b. Gershon (אליעזר בן גרשון) (Date active: 1469)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Byzantine

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

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

• Variable 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 not parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them