Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 320

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 320: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Shabtai b. Meshullam (שבתי בן משולם) (Date active: 1310)

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

Stable

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

• Variable
• Wider than the width of an average he

• Variable
• Equal to the width of an average vav

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 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 parallel among them