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Manuscript, Jinan, 1532, --

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_34
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 930 H.; 1523; 1524 – 1525
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: China, Shandong province, Jinan
Present Location: Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
Website Link: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5930814
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Other
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Tashan Si Bin ‘Abdullah
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 30.4 x 20.2 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 17 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: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed; lām - elongated vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm short diagonal stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: vertical shaft inclined to left; rounded body

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short almost horizontal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short almost horizontal tail
mīm descenders: mīm - short almost horizontal tail; mīm - s-shape ending in ascending hairline; mīm - vertical downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; deep bowl

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr); medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft / sometimes with serif; final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left
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: horizontal tail; closed eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles