diff --git a/dist/svgpathtools-1.4.1-py3.7.egg b/dist/svgpathtools-1.4.1-py3.7.egg
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diff --git a/examples/zero-radius-arcs.svg b/examples/zero-radius-arcs.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..144f8e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/zero-radius-arcs.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<svg version="1.1"
+     baseProfile="full"
+     width="1000" height="1000"
+     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+	
+   <path d="M50,50 A 40 40 0 1 0 100 100Z" stroke="blue" stroke-width="4" fill="yellow"/>
+   <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="5" stroke="green" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+   <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="5" stroke="red" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+   
+   <path d="M150,150 A 0 40 0 1 0 200 200Z" stroke="beige" stroke-width="4" fill="yellow"/>
+   <circle cx="150" cy="150" r="5" stroke="green" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+   <circle cx="200" cy="200" r="5" stroke="red" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+   
+   <path d="M250,250 A 40 0 0 1 0 300 300Z" stroke="purple" stroke-width="4" fill="yellow"/>
+   <circle cx="250" cy="250" r="5" stroke="green" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+   <circle cx="300" cy="300" r="5" stroke="red" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+   
+   <path d="M350,350 A 0 0 0 1 0 400 400Z" stroke="orange" stroke-width="4" fill="yellow"/>
+   <circle cx="350" cy="350" r="5" stroke="green" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+   <circle cx="400" cy="400" r="5" stroke="red" stroke-width="1" fill="none"/>
+</svg> 
+ 
diff --git a/svgpathtools/path.py b/svgpathtools/path.py
index 97a0036..a56e799 100644
--- a/svgpathtools/path.py
+++ b/svgpathtools/path.py
@@ -2967,7 +2967,7 @@ class Path(MutableSequence):
                 # Close path
                 if not (current_pos == start_pos):
                     segments.append(Line(current_pos, start_pos))
-                self.closed = True
+                self._closed = True
                 current_pos = start_pos
                 command = None
 
@@ -3069,6 +3069,7 @@ class Path(MutableSequence):
                 current_pos = end
 
             elif command == 'A':
+
                 radius = float(elements.pop()) + float(elements.pop()) * 1j
                 rotation = float(elements.pop())
                 arc = float(elements.pop())
@@ -3078,7 +3079,19 @@ class Path(MutableSequence):
                 if not absolute:
                     end += current_pos
 
-                segments.append(Arc(current_pos, radius, rotation, arc, sweep, end))
+                if radius.real == 0 or radius.imag == 0:
+                    # Note: In browsers AFAIK, zero radius arcs are displayed
+                    # as lines (see "examples/zero-radius-arcs.svg").
+                    # Thus zero radius arcs are substituted for lines here.
+                    warn(f'Replacing degenerate (zero radius) Arc with a '
+                         f'Line: Arc(start={current_pos}, radius={radius}, '
+                         f'rotation={rotation}, large_arc={arc}, '
+                         f'sweep={sweep}, end={end}) -> '
+                         f'Line(start={current_pos}, end={end})')
+                    segments.append(Line(current_pos, end))
+                else:
+                    segments.append(
+                        Arc(current_pos, radius, rotation, arc, sweep, end))
                 current_pos = end
 
         return segments