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Manuscript, Kunming, 1471, Chinese Muḥaqqaq

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_03
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1 Ramadan 875 H.; February 21, 1471
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: China, Yunnan province, Kunming
Present Location: The Khalili Collections (QUR960), London
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black
Signature Role: Shams al-Din ibn Taj al-Din
Remarks (General Identification): calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 25 x 17.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5 lines
Technique: written
Bibliography: Bayani, Manijeh, Contadini, Anna, Stanley, Tim et al.. The Decorated Word: Qurʾans of the 17th to 19th Centuries. 2009. cat.2, p.14 and 17-18.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: Line of writing - horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - straight; Abusive - ‘alif and lām
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top right serif; alif - thin shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top flat arm; initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah)

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
mīm descenders: long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); open eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short rounded denticles

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_03a
Description: Manuscript, Kunming, 1471, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: The Khalili Collections
Copyrights Holder: The Khalili Family Trust
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_03b
Description: Manuscript, Kunming, 1471, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: The Khalili Collections
Copyrights Holder: The Khalili Family Trust
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_03c
Description: Manuscript, Kunming, 1471, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: The Khalili Collections
Copyrights Holder: The Khalili Family Trust
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_03d
Description: Manuscript, Kunming, 1471, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: The Khalili Collections
Copyrights Holder: The Khalili Family Trust
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public