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Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century,

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_MSC_06
Author: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Date: 1701 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Kerala State, Malappuram district, Ponnani (?)
Present Location: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
Language: Arabic
Script: Other
Color of the Script: red
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 20.5 x 14 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 13
Technique: written
Instrument: brush
Ink: black ink (composition unknown)

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: rare
Elongated Letters: kāf bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - underpinning
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - s-shaped
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm short diagonal stroke; top arm thin diagonal stroke with serif; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft no serif; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - thick angular oblique tapered tail; wāw - short almost horizontal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - thick angular oblique tapered tail; rā'/zā' - short almost horizontal tail
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 - curvilinear flattened bowl; Short bowl on baseline
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; closing upward

horizontals

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

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short rounded denticles; rounded base denticles; short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

counters

hā' counters: final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left; initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft and backward stroke; isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head needle point eye; triangular pointed head closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle with thin right stroke
mīm counters: triangular head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); open eye; closed eye
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: open circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_06a
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_06b
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_06c
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_06d
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_06e
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_06f
Description: Manuscript, Ponnani, 18th-19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: Ponnani Jami Kuthubkhana
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public