Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 308

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 308: Main text scribe - Square

Menahem b. Joseph Vivanti (מנחם <פריגורי> בן יוסף ויונטי) (Date active: 1467)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Variable

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

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

Variable

Very slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

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