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

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

China_SJ_07a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_SJ_07
Author: Shunhua Jin
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1701 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China, Xinjiang region
Present Location: Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
Website Link: https://orient-kohd.dl.uni-leipzig.de/receive/KOHDPersianMSBook_manuscript_00000222
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Devotional text
Text Content: Quran and Hadith
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black; red
Remarks (General Identification): Ms. Or. Oct. 1578
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Size (of the object): 18 x 22 cm
Technique: written
Remarks (Support): 20 f. ; black cloth binding

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: broken
Groups of Characters Baseline: Groups of characters baseline - horizontal; partial stacking of characters
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - horizontal
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); medial, initial vertical shaft; top arm with final loop
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long thick angular oblique tapered tail hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long thick angular oblique tail hairline ending
mīm descenders: concave downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl
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 pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial inclined to left

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
mīm counters: soft triangular head

vocalization and diacritics

shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles with left top flourish

Image ID Entry: China_SJ_07a
Description: Manuscript, Xinjiang, c. 18-19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public