Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 217

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 217: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

David b. Elijah (Ha-Kadosh) (דוד בן אלייה (הקדוש)) (Date active: 1297)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Variable

• Stable
• Higher than the height of the line of writing

Variable

Variable

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 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