Munich, BSB Cod. Hebr. 108: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Munich, Germany)

Munich, BSB Cod. Hebr. 108: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Main text scribe

Script Definition

Sephardi (Italo-Sephardi)

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

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

  • Stable
  • Higher than the height of the line of writing

Smaller than the width of an average he

  • Variable
  • No space (letters touch each other)
  • Smaller than the width of an average vav

Quick

  • Regular spacing
  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Regular size

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

  • Downstrokes are parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are parallel
  • Ascenders are parallel to the downstrokes
  • Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them

Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib

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