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Manuscript, China, 1337, --
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APA
Annie Vernay-Nouri, ., & Johanna Cozzolino, . (n.d.). Manuscript, China, 1337, -- (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3971
Chicago
Annie Vernay-Nouri, and Johanna Cozzolino. n.d. “Manuscript, China, 1337, --.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3971
MLA
Annie Vernay-Nouri, and Johanna Cozzolino. Manuscript, China, 1337, --, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/3971
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- China_AVN_JC_37
- Date
- 9 jumada II 737 H.
- January 13, 1337
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Approximate
- Place of Production
- China
- Website Link
- https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4684938
- Type of text
- Quran
- Script
- Other
- Color of the Script
- black
- Signature
- Muhammad ibn Mahmud ibn Ahmad dit Husam al-Usburki
- Signature Role
- calligrapher
- Type of Object
- manuscript\codex
- Writing Surface
- other
- Size (of the object)
- 47.1 x 36 cm
- Technique
- written
- Bibliography
- Fraser, Marcus. “Beyond the Taklamakan: The Origins and Stylistic Development of Qurʼan Manuscripts in China.” In Fruit of Knowledge, Wheel of Learning : Essays in Honour of Robert Hillenbrand, edited by Melanie Gibson. Gingko Library, 2022. 192-194.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Line of Writing
- Line of writing - horizontal
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- Groups of characters baseline - horizontal
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- inclined square
Ascenders
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - short almost horizontal tail
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
- 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
- short bowl
denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial slightly inclined to left
- medial triangular denticles
counters
- hā' counters
- initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
- medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
- fā' qāf wāw counters
- soft triangular head needle point eye
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- wide inverted triangle
vocalization and diacritics
- fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics
-
oblique stroke
(10°-35°) - sukūn vocalization and diacritics
- open circle
- ihmāl vocalization and diacritics
- superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form