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Manuscript, Lanzhou, 1507, --

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_31
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 913 H.; 1507
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: China, Gansu province, Lanzhou
Present Location: Private collection
Website Link: https://www.roseberys.co.uk/a0323-lot-445414?el=445414&pn=1&pp=25
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Other
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Abd al-Malik Bin Shams al-Din
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 27 x 22.5 cm
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

Ascenders

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

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - curvilinear hairline tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short almost horizontal tail
mīm descenders: mīm - long flattened, tapered tail; mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl; deep bowl left open; deep bowl

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - short curvilinear flattened bowl; bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - plunging 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 double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) triangular 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 colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle