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Manuscript, China, 1730, Chinese Muḥaqqaq

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_15
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1142 H.; 1730
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Color of the Script: black
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Technique: written

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: strong 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
Kāf Ascenders: Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; no top arm and superscript kāf

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flat curvilinear tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flat curvilinear tapered tail
mīm descenders: mīm - long flat curvilinear 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

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 perpendicular to baseline; medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: 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
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

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 ‘ain
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle