Letter - Pe

MS. Friedberg 9-001

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

MS. Friedberg 9-001: c 1 recto

MS. Friedberg 9-001: Scribe of the Babylonian Mishna 'MS A'

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

Letter

Pe

Lozenge

Traced with 4 movements

• Upper horizontal bar - traced as a separate movement
• Upper horizontal bar - straight
• Upper horizontal bar - parallel to the headline
• Upper horizontal bar - shorter than the base
• Right-hand downstroke - traced as a separate movement
• Right-hand downstroke - angular juncture with the upper bar
• Right-hand downstroke - rounded
• Right-hand downstroke - with a thickening
• Base - traced as a separate movement
• Base - straight
• Base - parallel to the baseline
• Base - descends below the baseline
• Base - longer than the upper bar
• Nose - traced as a separate stroke
• Nose - rounded
• Nose - turns right
• Nose - perpendicular to the upper bar
• Nose - shorter than the height of the line of writing
• Nose - attached to the extremity of the upper bar
• Nose - angular juncture with the upper bar
• Nose - with a thickening at the end