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

China_SJ_08a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_SJ_08
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_00001346
Language: Persian
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Kitāb-i namāz
Type of text: Devotional text
Text Content: Fragment of a prayer book, without beginning and end, containing prayer templates in Inchinese sish (preface etc.), Arabic prayer texts, citations of passages from the hadith about the prayers in question, finally the fragment of a Persian prayer in verse, called Barāt-nāma, for Lailat al-Barāt. Individual leaves are missing.
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): Ms. Or. Oct. 1580
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Technique: written
Remarks (Support): 117 f. ; black cloth binding

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: ascending
Groups of Characters Baseline: Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between words
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Ligature: Abusive - rā’ and hā'; Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif -inclined to left; alif - non serifed; final alif with top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: initial rectangular; top arm short diagonal stroke; medial, initial vertical shaft; sword-like top arm; no top arm and superscript kāf

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending; rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending; convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final simple downward stroke (makhṭufah); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: China_SJ_08a
Description: Manuscript, Xinjiang, c. 18-19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public