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Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_09
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Private collection
Website Link: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/arts-of-the-islamic-world-india-including-fine-rugs-and-carpets-2/twenty-seven-illuminated-quran-ajza-china-16th
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black; gold; red
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 32 x 22.6 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 - top right serif; alif - thin shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - s-shaped; lām - top right serif; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); Initial /medial compact form diagonal body
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail; wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail; rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
mīm descenders: mīm - long flattened, tapered tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; deep 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: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); 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 colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: diagonal tail (40°-45°); closed eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle