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Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_MSC_02
Author: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Date: 993 H.; 1585
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Kerala State, Kozhikode district, Chaliyam
Remarks (Place of Production): Possibly from Chaliyam itself. The custodian of the manuscrpt claims that it was belonged to a Sayyid migrated from Khorasān.
Present Location: Family Collection, Chaliyam
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Other
Color of the Script: black; red
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper /European paper; Water marks, chain and laid in available in 16th century and 19th century restored paper.
Size (of the object): 31.3 x 21.4 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 15-16
Technique: written
Instrument: Brush
Ink: black ink (composition unknown)

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: Line of writing - horizontal
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters; regular speces between groups of words
Presence of Elongation: rare
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; thā'
Ligature: Conventional - underpinning; Conventional - V shaped
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square; downward stroke when double; round dot; irregular round dot; three dots for bā'

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif -inclined to left; final alif with top left serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - inclined to left
Kāf Ascenders: medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); sword-like top arm with serif
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail ending in hairline; wāw - short curvilinear tail; wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short almost horizontal tail; rā'/zā' - rounded tail; rā'/zā' - v-shaped; rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke; mīm - long flattened, tapered tail; convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - deep plunging bowl; deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded; medial swollen bottom and short top eye; initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr); isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular with elongated vertical shaft; three eyes
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head; rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye; wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: closed eye
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02a
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02b
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02c
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02d
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02e
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02f
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02g
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02h
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_02i
Description: Manuscript, Chaliyam, 1586
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Family Collection, Chaliyam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public