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

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_22
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Private collection
Website Link: https://www.roseberys.co.uk/a0468-lot-493437?display=grid&el=493437&header_id=0&keyword=qur%27an&lo=ASC&pn=1&pp=96
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): 25 x 18 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5 lines
Technique: written

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - straight
Shading / Contrast: medium 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

Descenders

nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

denticles

initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left

counters

hā' counters: medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
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: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed eye
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: wide denticles