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Manuscript, Wuchang, 1687, Chinese Muḥaqqaq

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_07
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1098 H.; 1687
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China, Hubei province, Wuchang
Website Link: https://www.sacredwordstimelesscalligraphy.com/exhibition/
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Siraj al-Din ibn Abdullah al-Sini
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 29.6 x 21 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5 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 - vertical; alif - top right serif; alif - thick vertical shaft; foot with left spur
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - non serifed; lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: 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
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening horizontal

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
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: diagonal stroke
(40°-45°)
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: diagonal tail (40°-45°); closed 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_07a
Description: Manuscript, Wuchang, 1687, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
Copyrights Holder: Hamid Jafar Collection
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public