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Manuscript, Beijing, 1643, Chinese Muḥaqqaq

China_AVN_JC_06a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_06
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1053 H.; 1643
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Сhina, Beijing
Present Location: David Collection (Inv. no. 53/1999)
Website Link: https://www.davidmus.dk/islamisk-samling/kalligrafi/item/594
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black; red
Signature: Ama Allah Nur al-Ilm bint Rashid al-Din
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 23.8 × 15.3 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 7 lines
Technique: written

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
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif -inclined to left; alif - top right serif; alif - non serifed; alif - thin shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah) with s-shape body

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
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: opening downwards

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: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head needle point eye
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
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short rounded denticles

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_06a
Description: Manuscript, Beijing, 1643, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: C. L. David Foundation
Copyrights Holder: C. L. David Foundation
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public