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

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

China_SJ_05a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_SJ_05
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/btv1b52501996h
Language: Persian
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Marṣad al-ʿibād
Type of text: Devotional text
Text Content: A treatise on Sufism
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): BnF Supplément pers. 2071
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Size (of the object): 30.3 x 20.4 cm
Technique: written
Remarks (Support): 216 f.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: Line of writing - horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between groups of words
Presence of Elongation: rare
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot; inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif -inclined to left; alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; shaft inclined to left with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long diagonal tail
rā' zā' descenders: short curvilinear convex stroke
mīm descenders: convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial very low, inclined to right

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial two consecutive closed loops
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head closed eye

Image ID Entry: China_SJ_05a
Description: Manuscript, Gansu, c. 18-19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public