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Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq
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APA
Annie Vernay-Nouri, ., & Johanna Cozzolino, . (n.d.). Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3958
Chicago
Annie Vernay-Nouri, and Johanna Cozzolino. n.d. “Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3958
MLA
Annie Vernay-Nouri, and Johanna Cozzolino. Manuscript, China, 15th-19th Century, Chinese Muḥaqqaq, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3958
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_AVN_JC_24
- Date
- 1401 – 1900
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Approximate
- Place of Production
- China
- Present Location
- Private collection
- Website Link
- https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5782001
- 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)
- 27 x 18.5 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
- Shading / Contrast
- strong contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - long thick angular oblique tapered tail
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - long thick angular oblique tapered tail
- mīm descenders
- mīm - long thick angular oblique tapered tail
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- deep bowl
- 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
- initial top right serif
- medial short pointed denticles
counters
- hā' counters
- medial double-eyed swollen top eye
- 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 colour
- black
- hamza vocalization and diacritics
- small ‘ain
- hamza vocalization and diacritics colour
- black
- sukūn vocalization and diacritics
- circle
Other
- additional characteristics
- dot of bā’ placed on baseline before the letter