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

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

China_SJ_10a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_SJ_10
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/btv1b52501953h
Language: Persian
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Lawa'iḥ Ğāmī.
Type of text: Devotional text
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black; red
Signature: ملا عماد
Remarks (General Identification): BnF Supplément pers. 2063
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Size (of the object): 29.3 x 19.2 cm
Technique: written
Remarks (Support): 55 f. ; black cloth binding

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

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

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to right; alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah) with s-shape body; sword-like top arm
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear hairline tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - curvilinear hairline tail
mīm descenders: convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: partial bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward narrow tail

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - short curvilinear flattened bowl; short straight bowl on baseline tapering to a point

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: rounded head open eye

Image ID Entry: China_SJ_10a
Description: Manuscript, Gansu, c. 18-19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public