Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Fol. 1214

Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Berlin, SBB MS. Or. Fol. 1214: Main text scribe - Square

Main text scribe

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Gothic

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Stable

Equal to the height of the line of writing

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Nesting

Square

• Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
• 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
• Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them

• Thick, traced with the full width of the flat nib
• Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib
• There is shading