Los Angeles, Getty 116: Main text scribe - Square
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J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA)
Los Angeles, Getty 116: Main text scribe - Square
Scribe
Scribe named in the document
Main text scribe
Full name
Script Definition
Ashkenazi
Square
Bookhand
Gothic
Global Aspect of the Script
- Attached to the headline
- Ascenders go above the headline
- Descenders descend below the baseline
Stable
Equal to 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
- Regular spacing
- Nesting
Approximate Size of Average Letters
Square
- Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
- Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter
- Downstrokes are parallel
- Horizontal strokes are parallel
- Ascenders are parallel to the downstrokes
- Ascenders are parallel among them
- Ascenders are not parallel among them
- Descenders are parallel among them
There is shading
Letter
Aleph
Los Angeles, Getty 116: Letter - #2786
Nun
Los Angeles, Getty 116: Letter - #2809
