Manuscript, Jaunpur ?, second half of the 15th century, --

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_VG_02
Author: Vivek Gupta
Date: 1451 – 1500
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Uttar Pradesh State, Jaunpur (?)
Present Location: Staatsbibliothek
zu Berlin, Stiftung Preussicher Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Language: Hindavi; Persian
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Chandayan
Type of text: Poetry
Nature of the Text: Other
Text Content: Sufi narrative poetry. Verse 74 on Chanda's mole. Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 121 (fol. 13b) ; verse 191, "Chanda securing the Rope." Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 224 (fol. 70b) ; verse 194, "An Allegorical Description of Heaven" and perfumes. Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 227 (fol. 80b) ; verse 195. Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 228 (fol. 81b) ; verse 207, "Chanda asks a Probing Question." Richard Cohen, trans. The Chandayan, Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2024, p. 238 (fol. 113b).
Script: Other
Color of the Script: black; red
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper / type of paper/oriental paper
Size (of the object): 21 x 12.5 cm
Technique: written
Bibliography: Gupta, Parameshwari Lal. “The Berlin Chandayan Codex.” In Chhavi 2. 1981.

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: short curvilinear tail; rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: short curvilinear tail; s-shape
mīm descenders: convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep plunging bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening upwards
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: short backward horizontal stroke

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial bottom v-shaped
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular head
mīm counters: compact head diagonal stroke

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