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Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi

Ethiopia_SM_11a
Ethiopia_SM_11b
Ethiopia_SM_11c
Ethiopia_SM_11d
Ethiopia_SM_11e
Ethiopia_SM_11f
Ethiopia_SM_11g
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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA-4.0
Entry ID: Ethiopia_SM_11
Author: Sana Mirza
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: Jumādā al-thānī 1270; March 1, 1854 – March 30, 1854
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Ethiopia, Harari region, Harar
Remarks (Place of Production): The place of production is an attribution based on stylistic analysis
Present Location: Sherif Harar City Museum, Harar, Ethiopia
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Qur'an
Type of text: Quran
Script: Naskhī regional variant
Color of the Script: black; red
Remarks (General Identification): Qur'an, copied Jumādā al-thānī 1270/ March 1854, 32 x 22 cm, Sherif Harar Museum; This entry is for only the Qur'anic text and not the paratextual materials in the manuscript.
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Size (of the object): 32 x 22 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 17 lines per page
Technique: written
Ink: carbon-based ink (midād); red ink

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Internal Structure: linear
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square; inclined partial square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: Initial /medial compact form diagonal body; no top arm and superscript kāf; top arm short diagonal stroke; vertical shaft with top arm (sarkaj)
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long curvilinear tail; wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide bowl; deep bowl left open
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; opening downwards
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; medial short rounded denticles

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial bottom v-shaped; final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin, closed eye

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: horizontal stroke
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: small circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

Other

additional characteristics: point of final dhāl placed in the middle

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11a
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11b
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11c
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11d
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11e
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11f
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11g
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Ethiopia_SM_11h
Description: Codex, Harar, 1854, Naskhi
Photographer: Sana Mirza
Copyrights Holder: Sherif Harar Municipal Museum
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public