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Manuscript, Malappuram, late18th or early 19th century,

India_MSC_10b

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_MSC_10
Author: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Date: 1776 – 1825
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Kerala State, Malappuram district, Malappuram
Present Location: KVK House, Malappuram
Language: Arabi-Malayalam
Type of text: Other
Nature of the Text: Grimoire
Script: Other
Color of the Script: black; red
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): 16 x 20 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 15
Technique: written
Instrument: reed pen
Ink: black ink (composition unknown)

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - horizontal
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - thin shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right to left serif; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial /medial compact form rounded body; sword-like top arm with serif; two thick elongated parallel strokes; top arm hairline stroke; Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; rectangular body
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long curvilinear tail; wāw - long flattened, tapered tail; wāw - short curvilinear tail; wāw - angular horizontal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped; rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
mīm descenders: long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending; mīm - s-shape
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: elongated curvilinear deep bowl; Short bowl on baseline
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; closing upward
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); final multi-knotted form (musalsalah); isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh)
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head closed eye; triangular pointed head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: asymmetrical inverted triangle open eye
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed eye
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: wide denticles

Other

additional characteristics: Long horizontal thick eyebrow for jīm/ ḥa/khā

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_10a
Description: Codex, Malappuram, late18th or early 19th century
Photographer: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Copyrights Holder: KVK House, Malappuram
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public