An Add on to the Ktav Ivri Post
How about the Bais of Uleovdo?
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Sounds like a practical joke to me, but there's nothing funny about it.
Commercially Viable
This video shows a sofer writing a sefer Torah. This sofer has a good hand, writes at a nice pace, and can ask a decent price. But one can also tell how the sefer Torah industry has commercialised the process, allowing for better productivity.
Note the following:
1) The sofer is writing on a light table, which means he does not have to worry about planning the spacing and can just trace over the letters. This saves a lot of time. This also minimises mistakes and saves time of repairs.
2) The quill is a plastic kulmos with a repository, which means you need to dip it into the ink every few lines instead of every few letters. Also you do not need to sharpen it and make new quills. Both of these save time.
3) The klaf today is more refined and smooth, easier to write on. Not uneven and rough like the old days. I'm sure lots of "mei klaf" is added. This enhances writing speed and quality of writing.
4) Double sirtut. Again this enhances quality and neatness.
5) The tagin / …
Note the following:
1) The sofer is writing on a light table, which means he does not have to worry about planning the spacing and can just trace over the letters. This saves a lot of time. This also minimises mistakes and saves time of repairs.
2) The quill is a plastic kulmos with a repository, which means you need to dip it into the ink every few lines instead of every few letters. Also you do not need to sharpen it and make new quills. Both of these save time.
3) The klaf today is more refined and smooth, easier to write on. Not uneven and rough like the old days. I'm sure lots of "mei klaf" is added. This enhances writing speed and quality of writing.
4) Double sirtut. Again this enhances quality and neatness.
5) The tagin / …
Note here that the ע is similar to a triangle, as brought in פוסקים.
ReplyDeleteNot a complete circle as in the previous posts.
Thank you for the picture.
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be a few different versions of Ktav Ivri, for instance, the Aleph in this diagram (looking like an F) is clearly not the Ox shaped letter that is accepted to be the Aleph of Ktav Ivri. The best resource I've seen exploring this topic within Chazal is Rabbi Kasher's Ktav Hatorah VeOtiotea (it might be part of the new edition of his Torah Shelema) and he brings this coin too.
@yisroel "Note here that the ע is similar to a triangle, as brought in פוסקים." Which poskim are you referring to?
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Deleteas brought in אנציקלופדיה תלמודית also in כתב התורה ואותיותיה which you mentioned.