Manuscript, Gwalior, 1399, Biḥārī

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_EBP_MB_01
Author: Monique Burési; Eloïse Brac de la Perrière
Date: 7 dhū al-qaʿda 801 H.; July 11, 1399
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh State, Gwalior
Remarks (Place of Production): colophon
Present Location: Toronto, Aga Khan Museum, AKM00281
Website Link: https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/collection/artifact/quran-manuscript-akm281
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Quran
Type of text: Quran
Script: Biḥārī
Color of the Script: blue; red; gold
Signature: Maḥmūd Shaʿbān
Signature Role: calligrapher
Remarks (General Identification): colophon
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 29.8 x 23.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): H. 22,5 ; l. 16 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 13
Technique: written
Instrument: reed pen
Bibliography: Brac de la Perrière, Éloïse, and Burési, Monique, eds. Le Coran de Gwalior : polysémie d’un manuscrit à peintures. Éditions de Boccard, 2016.

See the lexicon

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: horizontal stroke
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: blue; red
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: horizontal tail; open eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: blue; red
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small wave; short curvilinear stroke
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: blue; red; black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles touching upper vowel
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

additional characteristics: Lam-alif with short alif inclined sharply towards the right; Sād / ḍād rounded swollen body; Point of dhāl is placed to the right (at the beginning of a word ); Initial ʿayn with almost closed curled eyebrown; Certain letters are connected to the top arm of medial elongated kaf (mabsutah)