Toronto, MS. Friedberg 9-001: Letter - #2619

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Letter - #2619
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Letter - #2619

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

He

Square

Traced with 4 movements

  • Upper horizontal bar - parallel to the headline
  • Upper horizontal bar - straight
  • Upper horizontal bar - with a serif
  • Right-hand downstroke - traced as a separate movement from the upper bar
  • Right-hand downstroke - angular juncture with the upper bar
  • Right-hand downstroke - shorter than the left-hand downstroke
  • Right-hand downstroke - straight
  • Left-hand downstroke - separate from the upper bar
  • Left-hand downstroke - longer than the right-hand downstroke
  • Left-hand downstroke - slanted
  • Left-hand downstroke - with thickening in the middle
  • Serifs - additional stroke
  • Serifs - short line
  • Serifs - pointing upwards
  • Serifs - crosses the upper bar

Width: 22px
Height: 27px
Rotation: 0°
Area (w x h): 594px2
Ratio (w / h): 0.81
Coordinates (top, left): 696px, 564px