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Manuscript, China, 1543, Chinese Muḥaqqaq

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_04
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: Ramadan 950 H.; 1543
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Private collection
Website Link: https://www.roseberys.co.uk/a0566-lot-530393
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black; gold
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 23.5 x 17.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5 lines
Technique: written

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - straight
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed; alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm with serif; top arm pointing upwards

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long thick angular oblique tapered tail; wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending; rā'/zā' - long thick angular oblique tapered tail
mīm descenders: mīm - long flattened, tapered tail; mīm - short almost horizontal tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: 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); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); open eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle