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

China_AVN_JC_18a
China_AVN_JC_18b
China_AVN_JC_18c
China_AVN_JC_18d

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_18
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Staatsbibliothek (Ms. or. oct. 2830)
Website Link: https://www.qalamos.net/receive/DE1Book_manuscript_00019249
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Other
Color of the Script: black
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 10.2 x 14.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 7 lines
Technique: written

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; Abusive - 'alif and hamza
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - non serifed; alif - thick vertical shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm curvilinear stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft no 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; mīm - concave downstroke; mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl; short straight bowl on baseline

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) 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: diagonal stroke
(40°-45°)
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed 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: short denticles

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_18a
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Other
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_18b
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Other
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_18c
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Other
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_18d
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Other
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Access Rights: Public