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Manuscript, Xinjiang, c. 18-19th century

China_SJ_21a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_SJ_21
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: http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0000CF6800000000
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): al-Madāʾiḥ aš-šarīfa
Type of text: Devotional text
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Yaʿqūb Ibn-Ibrāhīm al-Kātib al-Quwīdaiwī
Signature Role: calligrapher
Remarks (General Identification): Ms. Or. Oct. 1515
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Technique: written
Remarks (Support): 221 f. ; dark blue cloth binding

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: Line of writing - horizontal
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; medial ligatures
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Abusive - ‘alif and lām; Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif -inclined to left; alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: rectangular body; sword-like top arm
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; shaft inclined to left with serif

Descenders

rā' zā' descenders: long thick angular oblique tail hairline ending; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: concave downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl ending in ascending hairline; elongated curvilinear deep bowl; long plunging bowl

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial inclined to left; medial broken horizontal strokes

counters

hā' counters: final multi-knotted form (musalsalah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: teardrop head hairline chin
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: compact head diagonal stroke

vocalization and diacritics

hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
shadda vocalization and diacritics: wide denticles

Image ID Entry: China_SJ_21a
Description: Manuscript, Xinjiang, c. 18-19th century
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public