Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 178

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 178: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Phinehas b. Jair (פנחס בן יאיר) (Date active: 1431)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Ashkenazi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Bookhand

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

Variable

• Variable
• Smaller than the height of the line of writing

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Variable size
• 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 parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them