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

Iran_AK_07a
Iran_AK_07b
Iran_AK_07c

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Iran_AK_07
Author: Alya Karame
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1001 – 1200
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: Khurasan
Present Location: Chester Beatty Library, CBL Is 1439
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Qur'an
Type of text: Quran
Script: Round Style - Naskh
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Muḥammad ibn aḥmad al-jabalī al-...r...ī
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 39 x 33 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 9
Bibliography: unpublished

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: Line of writing - horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: Groups of characters baseline - horizontal; oblique
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters; spaces between words
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; medial ligatures
Ligature: Conventional - underpinning; Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: vertical shaft with top arm (sarkaj)
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - long curvilinear tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: elongated curvilinear deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - short curvilinear flattened bowl; bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: medial short pointed denticles; leftward stroke

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_07a
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, Round Style - Naskh
Photographer: Alya Karame
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_07b
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, Round Style - Naskh
Photographer: Alya Karame
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_07c
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, Round Style - Naskh
Photographer: Alya Karame
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public