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Manuscript, origin unknown, --, Biḥārī

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_EBP_MB_09
Author: Monique Burési; Eloïse Brac de la Perrière
Date: Before 2 muharram 1012 H.; June 12, 1603
Place of Production: India
Present Location: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 7260
Website Link: ark:/12148/btv1b84272593
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Quran
Type of text: Quran
Script: Biḥārī
Color of the Script: black; red; gold
Remarks (General Identification): On f. 636a/p. 1273: inscription bearing the date 2 muharram 1012/1603 indicating that the volume was given to Mawlanā ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad (place? person?) by Lashkari [b. Yūsuf] whose seal is affixed to the same page.
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 45 x 35 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): H. 23,8 ; l. 15,7 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 11
Technique: written
Instrument: reed pen
Bibliography: Brac de la Perrière, Éloïse. L’art du livre dans l’Inde des sultanats. Presses de l’Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2008. n° 44, p. 294.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: irregular spaces between groups of words
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; 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); top arm with serif; Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top arm with final hook; 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 curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - v-shaped
mīm descenders: straight diagonal to left; mīm - vertical downstroke
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: medial zig-zag denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; medial triangular denticles; leftward stroke with short hook

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr) with extended arm; final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: triangular 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; open eye; 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: sād/ḍād rounded swollen body, thick horizontal bottom stroke; initial ‘ayn and ghayn with large curled eyebrow; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr) with extended arm; Isolated and final dāl and dhāl is a sharp angle; Vowels are systematically placed; Basmala : partial stacking of characters in Raḥmān and in Raḥīm (also in the text fot these two words

Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_09a
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, --, Biḥārī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_09b
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, --, Biḥārī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
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Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_09c
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, --, Biḥārī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
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Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_09d
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, --, Biḥārī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_09e
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, --, Biḥārī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_09f
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, --, Biḥārī
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public