Berlin SBB MS. Or. quart. 568: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

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Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Berlin SBB MS. Or. quart. 568: Main text scribe - Non-square (Beinoni)

Scribe

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Script Definition

  • Oriental
  • Yemenite

Non-square (Beinoni)

Current

Bookhand

Global Aspect of the Script

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

Stable

Higher than the height of the line of writing

Smaller than the width of an average he

Smaller than the width of an average vav

Quick

  • Nesting
  • Overarching

Approximate Size of Average Letters

Square

  • Ascenders are equal to the height of the average letter
  • Descenders are shorter than the height of the average letter

  • Downstrokes are not parallel
  • Horizontal strokes are parallel
  • Descenders are not parallel to the downstrokes
  • Ascenders are parallel among them
  • Descenders are parallel among them

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