Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 312

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 312: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Judah b. Benjamin Ha-ʻAniv (יהודה (יעל"ה) בן בנימן העניו) (Date active: 1246)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

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

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

• Variable size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are shorter 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