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Manuscript, Xinjiang, c. 18-19th century
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Shunhua Jin, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Xinjiang, c. 18-19th century (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3867
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Shunhua Jin. n.d. “Manuscript, Xinjiang, c. 18-19th century.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3867
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Shunhua Jin. Manuscript, Xinjiang, C. 18-19th Century, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3867
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_SJ_22
- 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
- Language
- Arabic
- Title of the Document (If Relevant)
- Mawāʿiẓ
- Type of text
- Devotional text
- Color of the Script
- black
- Remarks (General Identification)
- Ms. Or. Oct. 1519
- Type of Object
- manuscript\codex
- Writing Surface
- paper\type of paper\oriental paper
- Size (of the object)
- 18 x 22.5 cm
- Technique
- written
- Remarks (Support)
- 24 f.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- irregular undulations
- Character Spacing
- irregular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- absent
- Shading / Contrast
- strong contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
Descenders
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - s-shape ending in ascending hairline
- mīm descenders
- mīm - s-shape ending in ascending hairline
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - crescent tail
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- tall pointed denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial inclined to left
counters
- hā' counters
- final loop with upstroke hairline
vocalization and diacritics
- ihmāl vocalization and diacritics
- superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form
Other
- additional characteristics
- The tail of mīm and nūn share the same stroke