Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 282

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 282: Main text scribe - Square

Judah b. David Ibn Alnakash (יהודה בן דוד אבן אלנקאש) (Date active: 1514)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Oriental

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Variable

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

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

Variable

Very slow

Irregular spacing

• Regular size
• Elongated vertically

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

• Downstrokes are parallel
• Horizontal strokes are parallel
• Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them