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Manuscript, origin unknown, 1383, Biḥārī

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_EBP_MB_12
Author: Monique Burési; Eloïse Brac de la Perrière
Date: 785 H.; 1383
Place of Production: India
Present Location: Koweit, Tareq Rajab Museum, n° inv. inconnu
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Quran
Type of text: Quran
Script: Biḥārī
Color of the Script: black; gold
Signature: Ḥasan Ḥusayn al-Dihlawī
Signature Role: calligrapher
Remarks (General Identification): colophon
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 15
Technique: written
Instrument: reed pen
Bibliography: Unpublished

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: irregular spaces between groups of words
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: transition between different letters and 'alif; transition between different letters and ḥāʾ mardufah; bā’/fā’ bowl; kāf bowl; lām bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
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 diagonal body; 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' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: 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
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail

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; rounded base denticles; medial zig-zag denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: medial short pointed denticles; initial slightly inclined to left; leftward stroke with short hook

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); 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
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: short denticles

Other

additional characteristics: Sād / ḍād rounded swollen body; Initial ʿayn with almost closed curled eyebrow; exaggerated eyebrow of jīm /khā’ /hā’; Two variations of Basmala in thuluth; ḥurūf muqaṭṭaʿāt (disconnected letters which begin certain surahs) written as a composition

Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_12a
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, 1383, Biḥārī
Photographer: Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
Copyrights Holder: Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
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Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_12b
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, 1383, Biḥārī
Photographer: Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
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Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_12c
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, 1383, Biḥārī
Photographer: Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
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Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_12d
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, 1383, Biḥārī
Photographer: Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
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Image ID Entry: India_EBP_MB_12e
Description: Manuscript, origin unknown, 1383, Biḥārī
Photographer: Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
Copyrights Holder: Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public