Letter - Shin/Sin

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

Shin/Sin

Triangular

Traced with 5 movements

• Right arm - rounded
• Right arm - forms a base parallel to the baseline
• Right arm - longer than the left arm
• Right arm - with a roof
• Roof on the right arm - diamond-shaped
• Roof on the right arm - traced with the same movement as the arm
• Roof on the right arm - placed to the left
• Left arm - straight
• Left arm - slanted
• Left arm - shorter than the right arm
• Left arm - joins the right arm/base at the baseline
• Left arm - with a roof
• Roof on the left arm - traced as an additional stroke
• Roof on the left arm - straight
• Roof on the left arm - parallel to the headline
• Roof on the left arm - placed to the left
• Roof on the left arm - cross juncture between the roof and the stem
• Middle stroke - equal to an average yod
• Middle stroke - rounded
• Middle stroke - turns to the left
• Middle stroke - attached to the right arm in its lower part
• Middle stroke - with a roof
• Roof on the middle stroke - traced as an additional stroke
• Roof on the middle stroke - diamond-shaped
• Roof on the middle stroke - placed to the left