Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 182

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 182: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Moses b. Benjamin Ha-Rofe (משה בן בנימן הרופא) (Date active: 1292)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

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

Variable

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

Variable

• Variable
• Equal to the width of an average vav

Slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

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

• Downstrokes are 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