Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 36

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 36: Main text scribe - Square

Joseph ha-Sofer b. Benjamin (יוסף הסופר בן בנימן דפונטליאה) (Date active: 1300)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Ashkenazi

Square

• In the lower part
• Attached to the baseline
• Ascenders go above the headline

Stable

• Stable
• Smaller than 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

Very slow

Regular 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