Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)
Scribe
Main text scribe
According to the Richler and Beit-Arié Catalogue, "[t]he letters of the name Menahem, presumably the scribe, are pointed out many times."
Differentiated letters
Script Definition
Italian
Non-square (Beinoni)
Current
Bookhand
Global Aspect of the Script
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
- Stable
- Higher than the height of the line of writing
Variable
- Variable
- No space (letters touch each other)
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Irregular spacing
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Regular size
- Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter
- Downstrokes are 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
Letter
Aleph
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20902
Beth
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20903
Gimel
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20907
Daleth
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20906
He
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20910
Vav
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20909
Zayin
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20904
Ḥeth
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20900
Ṭeth
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20895
Yod
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20911
Kaph
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20889
Kaph: final
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20892
Lamed
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20905
Mem
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20887
Mem: final
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20890
Nun
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20888
Nun: final
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20896
Samekh
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20898
'Ayin
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20908
Pe
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20886
Pe: final
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20885
Ṣade
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20894
Ṣade: final
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20899
Qoph
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20897
Resh
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20893
Shin/Sin
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20901
Tav
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1859: Letter - #20891
