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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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Iran_AK_08
Author: Alya Karame
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1001 – 1200
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: Khurasan
Present Location: David's Collection 35/1995
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Qur'an
Type of text: Quran
Script: New Style III
Color of the Script: black
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 40 x 34.3 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 9
Bibliography: unpublished

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: rare
Ligature: Conventional - V shaped; Conventional - horizontal
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: short stroke at an angle

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - elongated vertical shaft; lām - non serifed; lām - top left serif
Kāf Ascenders: Kaf - two elongated parallel strokes; top arm long thin diagonal stroke; top arm curvilinear stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: ṭā' / ẓā' - two elongated parallel strokes; curvilinear shaft

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - curvilinear hairline tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - curvilinear hairline tail
mīm descenders: mīm - curvilinear hairline tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: diagonal stroke ending in thick ascending stroke

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: oblique denticles inclined to left with final triangle
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial inclined to left; medial triangular denticles; medial oblique stroke crossing the baseline

counters

hā' counters: isolated rhomboid; medial two-eyed trapezoid diagonal to the 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°)
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles