Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 964

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 964: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Elya (אליא) (Date active: 1455)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Byzantine

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

Bookhand

BnF record defines the script as "Sephardic".

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

Stable

• Stable
• Equal to the height of the line of writing

Variable

Variable

Slow

• Irregular spacing
• Nesting

Variable size

• 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 parallel
• Ascenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them