Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 176

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 176: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Benjamin b. Joab (בנימן בן יואב) (Date active: 1284)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

• 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
• Wider than the width of an average he

Variable

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Square

• Ascenders are longer than the height of the average letter
• Descenders are longer than the height of the average letter

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