Toronto, MS. Friedberg 9-001: Letter - #2691

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Letter - #2691
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Letter - #2691
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
Horizontally rectangular
Traced with 3 movements
  • Upper horizontal bar - parallel to the headline
  • Upper horizontal bar - parallel to the base
  • Upper horizontal bar - shorter than the base
  • 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 - juncture with the upper bar has a butt
  • Right-hand downstroke - rounded
  • Right-hand downstroke - wavy
  • Base - joins the right-hand downstroke with a butt
  • Base - parallel to the baseline
  • Base - parallel to the upper bar
  • Base - longer than the upper bar
  • Base - straight
  • Base - turns downwards on the left
  • Serifs - additional stroke
  • Serifs - approach stroke
  • Serifs - short line
  • Serifs - crosses the upper bar

Width: 20px
Height: 22px
Rotation: 0°
Area (w x h): 440px2
Ratio (w / h): 0.91
Coordinates (top, left): 477px, 493px