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Manuscript, China, 1605, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
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APA
Annie Vernay-Nouri, ., & Johanna Cozzolino, . (n.d.). Manuscript, China, 1605, Chinese Muḥaqqaq (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3950
Chicago
Annie Vernay-Nouri, and Johanna Cozzolino. n.d. “Manuscript, China, 1605, Chinese Muḥaqqaq.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3950
MLA
Annie Vernay-Nouri, and Johanna Cozzolino. Manuscript, China, 1605, Chinese Muḥaqqaq, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3950
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_AVN_JC_16
- Date
- Ramadan 1013 H.
- 1605
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Approximate
- Place of Production
- China
- Present Location
- The Khalili Collections (QUR992)
- 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)
- 24 x 18 cm
- Ruling (Manuscript)
- 5 lines
- Technique
- written
- Bibliography
- Bayani, Manijeh, Contadini, Anna, Stanley, Tim et al.. The Decorated Word: Qurʾans of the 17th to 19th Centuries. 2009. p. 19-22.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Line of Writing
- Line of writing - horizontal
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
- partial stacking of characters
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
- Alif Ascenders
- alif - vertical
- alif - top right serif
- alif - top right elongated serif
- alif - top right to left serif
- alif - 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
- long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
- 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
- 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)
- medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
- initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
- final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular 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
-
oblique stroke
(10°-35°) - fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour
- black
- ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour
- black
- hamza vocalization and diacritics
- small inverse Z
- hamza vocalization and diacritics colour
- black
- sukūn vocalization and diacritics
- circle