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Manuscript, origin unknown, 1483, Biḥārī

India_EBP_MB_06

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_EBP_MB_06
Author: Monique Burési; Eloïse Brac de la Perrière
Date: 888 H.; 1483
Place of Production: India
Present Location: Bijapur, Archeological Museum, MS. 912
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Quran
Type of text: Quran
Script: Biḥārī
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): colophon
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 47.6 x 31.1 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 13
Technique: written
Instrument: reed pen
Remarks (Support): This description of the script refers only to lines 2 to 6 and 8 to 12.
Bibliography: Brac de la Perrière, Éloïse. L’art du livre dans l’Inde des sultanats. Presses de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2008. n° 32, p. 290.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: irregular spaces between groups of words
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: yā’ rajiah
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - V shaped
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined partial square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed; alif - thin shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); initial /medial compact form rounded body
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body, thick horizontal bottom stroke; vertical shaft inclined to left

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short almost horizontal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short almost horizontal tail
mīm descenders: mīm - short almost horizontal tail; straight diagonal to left
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; final lām straight horizontal bowl below baseline
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; opening horizontal
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

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

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head; rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: horizontal stroke
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: horizontal tail; closed eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles

Other

additional characteristics: Vowels are systematically placed

Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_06
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, 1483, Biḥārī
Photographer: Bijapur, Archeological Museum
Copyrights Holder: Bijapur, Archeological Museum
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public