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

China_AVN_JC_17a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_17
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: British Library (BL IO Islamic 3440)
Website Link: https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2017/08/illumination-and-decoration-in-chinese-qurans.html
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

Line of Writing: broken
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - straight
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah) with s-shape body; top arm curvilinear stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long diagonal tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long diagonal tapered tail, hairline ending
mīm descenders: mīm - long diagonal tapered tail, hairline ending
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened 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 perpendicular to baseline; 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: comma; no 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
shadda vocalization and diacritics: wide denticles

Other

additional characteristics: The irregular ductus indicates it was probably executed with a brush

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_17a
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: The British Library
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public