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

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Item descriptor

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_19
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Staatsbibliothek (Ms. or. oct. 3251)
Website Link: https://www.qalamos.net/receive/DE1Book_manuscript_00019670
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): 19.1 x 24.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5 lines
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: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

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

Descenders

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

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: short 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: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle with thin right stroke
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

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
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: subscript miniature letter for hā’/ ʿayn/ sīn / sād / ṭa

Other

additional characteristics: Angular lām-‘alif with parallel shafts

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_19a
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Access Rights: Public

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Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
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Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_19c
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
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Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
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Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_19e
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
Photographer: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
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