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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_12
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Bibliothèque nationale de France (Arabe 7269)
Website Link: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8432897k/f7.double
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): 28.5 x 20 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5 lines
Technique: written
Bibliography: Humbert, Geneviève, and Vernay-Nouri, Annie. “De quelques corans chinois et leur papier.” Mélanges de l’Université Saint-Joseph LIX (2006): 253–67.

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 - thin shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm with serif
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft with serif

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: Short bowl on baseline; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening horizontal

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: medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft / sometimes with serif
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: horizontal tail; open eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short rounded denticles

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_12a
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_12b
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_12c
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Bibliothèque nationale de France / gallica.bnf.fr
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public