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Manuscript, Khurasan, 1177, New Style III ; New Style I ; Round Style - Muḥaqqaq

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Iran_AK_04
Author: Alya Karame
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1001 – 1200
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: Khurasan
Present Location: The British Library, BL Or 6573
Website Link: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_6573_fs001r
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Qur'an
Type of text: Quran
Script: New Style III; New Style I
Color of the Script: black
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 33.5 x 26.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5
Bibliography: Karame, Alya. “Ghaznavid Imperial Qurʾan Manuscripts: The Shaping of a Local Style.” In The Word Illuminated: Form and Function of Qurʾanic Manuscripts from the Seventh to Seventeenth Centuries, edited by Simon Rettig and Sana Mirza. Smithsonian Scholarly Press, 2023.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: Line of writing - horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: rare
Elongated Letters: after jīm/ḥāʾ/khā'
Ligature: Conventional - horizontal
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top left triangular serif; foot with right spur
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: two elongated parallel strokes topped by a short diagonal stroke; tall vertical shaft curved with small eye at baseline; curvilinear shaft holding small kāf
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: ṭā' / ẓā' - two elongated parallel strokes; top arm long thin diagonal stroke

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear hairline tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear hairline tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: diagonal stroke ending in sharp horizontal wedge
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: elongated backward stroke contouring previous letter shapes

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: short straight bowl on baseline with final triangle

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: diagonal denticles inclined to left; sīn shape above horizontal stroke
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial inclined to left; medial triangular denticles

counters

hā' counters: isolated rhomboid; medial two-eyed trapezoid diagonal to the baseline; final trapezoid diagonal to baseline
fā' qāf wāw counters: trapezoid diagonal to the baseline
medial 'ain ghayn counters: rhomboid over the baseline
mīm counters: trapezoid diagonal to the baseline

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); open eye
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_04a
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III ; New Style I
Photographer: The British Library
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_04b
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III ; New Style I
Photographer: Alya Karame
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_04c
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III ; New Style I
Photographer: Alya Karame
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_04d
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III ; New Style I
Photographer: The British Library
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public