Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
According to the Richler and Beit-Arié Catalogue, "[t]he name of the copyist, Isaac, is decorated twice on f. 32r. According to Nurit Pasternak the copyist is Isaac b. Obadiah b. David of Forli who copied many other MSS between 1427 and 1467 (cf. MS 1679, no. 25)."
Differentiated letters

Script Definition

Italian
Non-square (Beinoni)
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Rotunda

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
  • Smaller than the width of an average he
  • Stable
  • No space (letters touch each other)
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav
Slow
Regular spacing

Approximate Size of Average Letters

  • 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 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

Decoration

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21517
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21523
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21516
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21522
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21528
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21527
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21521
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21520
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21525
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21519
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21518
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Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Decoration - #21524
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Letter

Aleph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21500
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Beth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21505
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Gimel

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21509
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Daleth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21507
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He

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21513
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Vav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21515
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Zayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21514
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Ḥeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21502
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Ṭeth

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21503
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Yod

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21512
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Kaph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21506
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Kaph: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21499
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Lamed

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21501
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Mem

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21491
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Mem: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21504
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Nun

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21508
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Nun: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21498
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Samekh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21493
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'Ayin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21510
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Pe

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21492
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Pe: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21490
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Ṣade

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21496
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Ṣade: final

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21489
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Qoph

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21494
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Resh

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21497
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Shin/Sin

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21511
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Tav

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1936: Letter - #21495
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