Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.2.1

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.2.1: Main text scribe; Vocaliser; Massorete - Square

Solomon b. R. Chasdai (שלמה בן הרב ר' חסדאי) (Date active: 1396)

Autograph

• Main text scribe
• Vocaliser
• Massorete

Full name

Sephardi

Square

Calligraphic

Display

Scholars'

• 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

Variable

Variable

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• 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
• 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