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Manuscript, Thalassery, 1882,

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_MSC_18
Author: Mohammed Salih Cholakkalakath
Date: 1300 H.; 1882
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Kerala State, Kannur district, Thalassery, Kerala
Remarks (Place of Production): One ealiest places printing started in Malabar
Present Location: British Library
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Muhyudīn Bin ʿAbd al-Qadar
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): n/a
Ruling (Manuscript): 13

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters; superscription at end of line
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Conventional - horizontal; Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - underpinning
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed; alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: isolated Kāf; final Kāf; vertical shaft with top arm (sarkaj); two thick elongated parallel strokes; top arm curvilinear stroke; initial /medial compact form rounded body; sword-like top arm with serif
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; shaft inclined to left 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' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - vertical downstroke; mīm - long thick angular oblique tapered tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: Short bowl on baseline; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl; elongated curvilinear deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening downwards

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft / sometimes with serif; final one-eyed with long backward stroke; isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: triangular pointed head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle with thin right stroke
mīm counters: circular head; rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); open eye
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles; sometimes connected to vowel
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: V shape

Image ID Entry: India_MSC_19a
Description: Manuscript, Thalassery, 1882
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
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Image ID Entry: India_MSC_19b
Description: Manuscript, Thalassery, 1882
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Image ID Entry: India_MSC_19c
Description: Manuscript, Thalassery, 1882
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Description: Manuscript, Thalassery, 1882
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Image ID Entry: India_MSC_19e
Description: Manuscript, Thalassery, 1882
Photographer: The British Library
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