Toronto, MS. Friedberg 9-001: Letter - #2692

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Letter - #2692
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Letter - #2692

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto Library (Toronto, Canada)

Toronto, MS. Friedberg 9-001: Main text scribe - Square

Scribe of the Babylonian Mishna 'MS A' (Date active: 9th century)

Type

Letter

Kaph: final

Vertically rectangular

Traced with 3 movements

  • Upper horizontal bar - parallel to the headline
  • Upper horizontal bar - straight
  • Upper horizontal bar - with a serif
  • Descender - traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
  • Descender - angular juncture with the upper bar
  • Descender - equal to the height of the line of writing
  • Descender - straight
  • Serifs - additional stroke
  • Serifs - short line
  • Serifs - crosses the upper bar

Width: 26px
Height: 36px
Rotation: 0°
Area (w x h): 936px2
Ratio (w / h): 0.72
Coordinates (top, left): 699px, 759px