Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 1061

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 1061: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Abraham Kohen (אברהם כהן) (Date active: 1464)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Byzantine

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

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

Variable

Slow

Irregular spacing

Variable 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 parallel among them
• Descenders are not parallel among them