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

Iran_AK_09a
Iran_AK_09b
Iran_AK_09c

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Iran_AK_09
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 1419
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
Ruling (Manuscript): 5
Bibliography: unpublished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
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: absent
Ligature: Conventional - horizontal
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: point - other

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top left serif; alif - top right serif; alif - elongated vertical shaft; foot with left spur; final alif with top left serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top left serif; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: two elongated parallel strokes with triangular fillings; top arm short diagonal stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: ṭā' / ẓā' - two elongated parallel strokes; top arm elongated shaft tapers from thin to thick

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - hairline diagonal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - hairline diagonal tail
mīm descenders: mīm - curvilinear hairline tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: long curvilinear hairline ending in thick stroke
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal 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

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: triangle over baseline
mīm counters: trapezoid over baseline

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: fatḥa, kasra - dot
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: ḍamma - dot
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_09a
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style I
Photographer: Chester Beatty Library
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_09b
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style I
Photographer: Chester Beatty Library
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Iran_AK_09c
Description: Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style I
Photographer: Chester Beatty Library
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public