Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.52: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Nathan b. Merari (Mordecai) (נתן בן מררי) (Date active: 1455)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Scholars'

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

Stable

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

Variable

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Biting

• Regular size
• Square

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

• Downstrokes are not parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them

Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib