Toronto, MS. Friedberg 9-001: Letter - #2698

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Letter - #2698
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Letter - #2698

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

Samekh

Triangular

Traced with 3 movements

  • Upper horizontal bar - parallel to the headline
  • Upper horizontal bar - straight
  • Right-hand downstroke - traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
  • Right-hand downstroke - rounded juncture with the upper bar
  • Right-hand downstroke - joins with the left-hand downstroke sharply at the baseline
  • Right-hand downstroke - rounded
  • Base - no base
  • Left-hand downstroke - cross-shaped juncture with the upper bar
  • Left-hand downstroke - joins the right-hand downstroke sharply at the baseline
  • Left-hand downstroke - goes below the juncture with the base/right-hand downstroke
  • Left-hand downstroke - slanted
  • Left-hand downstroke - straight

Width: 22px
Height: 25px
Rotation: 0°
Area (w x h): 550px2
Ratio (w / h): 0.88
Coordinates (top, left): 579px, 352px