Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Main text scribe - Square
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Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe identified by handwriting
Main text scribe
Sfardata record suggests that the scribe is Meir b. Samuel (מאיר בן שמואל דשלויש מארלדי) while Richler and Beit-Arié Catalogue does not give any suggestions on who the scribe can be. Since these two reference sources do not agree on the identification of the scribe, he is not noted at the "Scribes" section and only appears here in the commentary.
Script Definition
Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)
Square
Calligraphic
Bookhand
Richler and Beit-Arié Catalogue suggests that the script is "Italian square script of the Sephardic type", while Sfardata record defines it as simply "Sephardic."
Global Aspect of the Script
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
- Variable
- Higher than the height of the line of writing
- Variable
- Smaller than the width of an average he
- Variable
- No space (letters touch each other)
- Smaller than the width of an average vav
Very slow
- Irregular spacing
- Nesting
- Overarching
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 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
Letter
Ḥeth
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21656
Ṭeth
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21645
Lamed
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21655
Mem
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21651
Mem: final
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21650
Samekh
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21644
'Ayin
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21652
Pe
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21648
Ṣade
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21647
Ṣade: final
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21649
Qoph
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21653
Resh
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21657
Tav
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Letter - #21654
Nexus
Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1748: Nexus - #21646
