Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 263

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 263: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Pupil of Abraham b. Mordecai ({ } בן { } (תלמידו של אברהם <בן מרדכי> פריצול?)) (Date active: 1481)

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

Higher than the height of the line of writing

• Variable
• Wider than the width of an average he

Variable

Slow

Irregular spacing

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