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

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APA

Alya Karame, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3804

Chicago

Alya Karame. n.d. “Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th century, New Style III.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3804

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Alya Karame. Manuscript, Khurasan, 11th-12th Century, New Style III, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3804

Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder
CallFront
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID
Iran_AK_10
Author
Alya Karame
Contributor(s)
Nuria Garcia Masip
Date
1001 – 1200
Localization Exactitude Degree
Approximate
Place of Production
Khurasan
Present Location
Topkapı Saray Library, TKS R 2
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)
19
Bibliography
unpublished

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing
regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation
absent
Shading / Contrast
medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point
short stroke at an angle
Ascenders
Lām Ascenders
lām - vertical
Kāf Ascenders
Kaf - two elongated parallel strokes
top arm short diagonal stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders
ṭā' / ẓā' - two elongated parallel strokes
diagonal shaft
Descenders
wāw descenders
wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders
rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail
mīm descenders
mīm - short curvilinear tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
deep bowl left open
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
backward tail

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
straight bowl on baseline

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters
isolated rhomboid
initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
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
fatḥa, kasra - dot
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour
red
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
ḍamma - dot
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour
red
sukūn vocalization and diacritics
circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics
short denticles
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