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Manuscript, Beijing, c. 18-19th century, Sīnī
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APA
Shunhua Jin, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Beijing, c. 18-19th century, Sīnī (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3854
Chicago
Shunhua Jin. n.d. “Manuscript, Beijing, c. 18-19th century, Sīnī.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3854
MLA
Shunhua Jin. Manuscript, Beijing, C. 18-19th Century, Sīnī, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3854
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_SJ_01
- Author
- Shunhua Jin
- Contributor(s)
- Nuria Garcia Masip
- Date
- 1701 – 1900
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- China, Beijing, probably in a mosque
- Remarks (Place of Production)
- probably in a mosque
- Present Location
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
- Website Link
- https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10030970w
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Other
- Text Content
- Alphabet
- Script
- Sīnī
- Color of the Script
- black
- Remarks (General Identification)
- BnF Arabe 5957
- Type of Object
- manuscript\loose-leaf
- Writing Surface
- paper\type of paper\oriental paper
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 7 lines
- Technique
- written
- Instrument
- brush
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined partial square
Ascenders
Descenders
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
- jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
- opening horizontal
horizontals
- bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
- bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- rounded base denticles with first denticle extended
vocalization and diacritics
- fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics
-
oblique stroke
(10°-35°) - ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
- flat stroke with downward spur