Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 1219

Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris, France)

Paris, BnF MS. Hébreu 1219: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Benjamin b. Abraham (בני[מן] בן אברהם) (Date active: 1413)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Italian

Non-square (Beinoni)

Calligraphic

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

• Variable size
• Elongated vertically

• Ascenders are equal to 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 parallel among them