Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 169

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 169: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Samuel Cohen (שמואל כהן) (Date active: 1514)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

שמואל כהן הקטן

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Bookhand

• In the middle
• Ascenders go above the headline
• Descenders descend below the baseline

Variable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

• Variable size
• Elongated vertically

• 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 not parallel among them