Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 282

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 282: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Judah b. David Ibn Alnakash (יהודה בן דוד אבן אלנקאש) (Date active: 1514)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Oriental

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

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

• Regular 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