Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2729

Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 2729: (Other) - Non-square (Beinoni)

Isaiah b. Jacob from Massaran, b. Isaiah from Mayrone (ישעיה בן יעקב ממסראן בן ישעיה מיירונה) (Date active: 1476-1482)

• Scribe named in the document
• Scribe identified by handwriting

(Other)

Main scribe fols 93v line 24 onwards

Full name

Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Scholars'

• In the upper part
• Attached to the headline
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Equal to the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Quick

Regular spacing

Regular size

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

• Downstrokes are not 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

Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib