Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 185

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 185: Main text scribe - Cursive

David b. Jacob Meir Klonimus (<דוד (גאקו) בן יעקב מאיר קלונימוס>) (Date active: 1475)

Main text scribe

Sephardi

Cursive

Current

Bookhand

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

Variable

• Variable
• Higher 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

Quick

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

• Variable size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
• Descenders are longer 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