Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.27

Biblioteca Laurenziana (Florence, Italy)

Florence, Laurenz. MS. Plut.88.27: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Nissim b. Yosef Vivas (נסים בן יוסף ויבאש) (Date active: 1489)

Autograph

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

• Calligraphic
• Current

Bookhand

Scholars'

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

Variable

Variable

Variable

Variable

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting
• Puzzle-letters

Elongated vertically

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

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

Thin, traced with the edge of the flat nib