Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 316

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 316: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe not identified

Main text scribe

Ashkenazi

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Stable

• Stable
• Smaller than the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

Variable

Very 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 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