Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III · CallFront

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Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Iran_AK_05
Author: Alya Karame
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 573 H.; 1177 – 1178
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: Khurasan
Present Location: Topkapı Saray Library, TKS EH 42
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Qur'an
Type of text: Quran
Script: New Style III; New Style I; Round Style - Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Abu Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAbdallah al-Ghaznawi
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 18 x 15 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 17
Bibliography: Derman, Uğur. L’art de La Calligraphie Dans Le Patrimoine Islamique (Fann al-Khaṭṭ). IRCICA. Istanbul, 1998, plate 17; Lings, Martin. Splendours of Qur’an Calligraphy & Illumination. Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation. 2005; Tabbaa, Yasser. “The Transformation of Arabic Writing: Part I, Qur’ānic Calligraphy.” Ars Orientalis 21 (1991), p. 125.; Derman, Uğur. L’art de La Calligraphie Dans Le Patrimoine Islamique (Fann al-Khaṭṭ). IRCICA. Istanbul, 1998. plate 17;; Lings, Martin. Splendours of Qur’an Calligraphy & Illumination. Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation. 2005. 59;; Tabbaa, Yasser. “The Transformation of Arabic Writing: Part I, Qur’ānic Calligraphy.” Ars Orientalis 21 (1991): 125.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: rare
Ligature: Conventional - horizontal
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - top left triangular serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top left triangular serif; 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

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