Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 764

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 764: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Amram b. Moses b. Pirhon (עמרם בן משה דרעי (הידוע) בן פרחון) (Date active: 1365)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Has Oriental features. Closer to the end of the manuscript gets more cursive (e.g. hamza-shaped aleph).

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

Stable

Variable

Variable

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Overarching

Regular size

• 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