Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1776

Biblioteca Palatina (Parma, Italy)

Parma, Palatina MS. Parm. 1776: Main text scribe - Square

Abraham b. Mordecai Farissol (אברהם בן מרדכי פריצול) (Date active: 1473)

Scribe named in the document

Main text scribe

Full name

Sephardi

Square

Calligraphic

Bookhand

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

Stable

• Stable
• Higher than the height of the line of writing

• Variable
• Smaller than the width of an average he

• Stable
• Smaller than the width of an average vav

Very slow

• Regular spacing
• Nesting
• Overarching

• 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 parallel to the downstrokes
• Ascenders are parallel among them
• Descenders are parallel among them