Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 177

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 177: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Byzantine

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Stable

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

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Regular 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