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Manuscript, China, 1494, --

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_30
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 12 Muharram 900 H.; October 13, 1494
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Private collection
Website Link: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/calligraphy-art-writing/quran-27/113898
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): 22.3 x 16.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 15 lines
Technique: written

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear; Conventional - straight
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed; lām - thin shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top arm curvilinear stroke; top flat arm; vertical shaft with top arm (sarkaj)
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail; wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - short almost horizontal tail
mīm descenders: mīm - short curvilinear tail; mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; Short bowl on baseline; wide extended diagonal bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; semicircular backward tail; letter inclines towards left

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: short bowl; bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - elongated curvilinear flattened ascending bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed 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 rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded 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: closed eye; comma
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles