Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2147

Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2147: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

David b. Menaḥem of Arles (דוד בן מנחם דארלי) (Date active: 1499)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

• 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

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
• Ascenders are equal to 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