Bologna, BU 2208: Massorete - Square

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Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna (Bologna, Italy)

Bologna, BU 2208: Massorete - Square

Scribe

Scribe not identified

Massorete

Script Definition

Ashkenazi

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

Gothic

Global Aspect of the Script

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

Variable

Higher than the height of the line of writing

Variable

Variable

Quick

Nesting

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Square

  • Ascenders are longer than 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 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

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