Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 1186

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 1186: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Halafta ha-Sofer b. Abraham ha-Sofer of Marseille (חלפתא הסופר בן אברהם הסופר ממרשלייא) (Date active: 1436)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

• 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
• Nesting
• Overarching

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 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