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

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_14
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Chester Beatty Library (CBL Is 1602)
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 21 x 15.4 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.; Arberry, Arthur John. The Koran Illuminated: A Handlist of the Korans in the Chester Beatty Library. Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1967.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Groups of Characters Baseline: partial stacking of characters
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 - top right serif; lām - thin shaft

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: 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
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening horizontal
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

denticles

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

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_14a
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Johanna Cozzolino
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Private