Manuscript, Gansu, c. 18-19th century, Naskhī · CallFront

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Manuscript, Gansu, c. 18-19th century, Naskhī

China_SJ_03a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_SJ_03
Author: Shunhua Jin
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1701 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China, Gansu province
Present Location: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Website Link: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525020001
Language: Persian
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Rawḍat al-muṣallā
Type of text: Devotional text
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): BnF Supplément persan 2064
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Size (of the object): 23.2 x 14 cm
Technique: written
Remarks (Support): 55 f. ; Paper with content in Chinese. White cloth binding,

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Groups of Characters Baseline: partial stacking of characters
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between groups of words; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: bā’/fā’ bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Ligature: Abusive - ‘alif and dāl; Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - top right serif; alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: vertical shaft with top arm (sarkaj); sword-like top arm; top arm with final loop
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: convex short curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: Short bowl on baseline; elongated curvilinear deep bowl; deep bowl looping inwards
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short rounded 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); isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; open/closed eye
mīm counters: circular head

Other

additional characteristics: certain ascenders or descenders are extended into a loop causing a mirror effect between the top line and the bottom line

Image ID Entry: China_SJ_03a
Description: Manuscript, Gansu, c. 18-19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public