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Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, --

China_AVN_JC_39a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_39
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 1401/1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Chester Beatty Library (CBL Is 1588)
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): 25.8 x 17.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 5 lines
Technique: written
Bibliography: Humbert, Geneviève, and Vernay-Nouri, Annie. “De quelques corans chinois et leur papier.” Mélanges de l’Université Saint-Joseph LIX (2006): 253–67.; Arberry, Arthur John. The Koran Illuminated: A Handlist of the Korans in the Chester Beatty Library. Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1967.

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
Ligature: Conventional - curvilinear
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif -inclined to left; alif - top right elongated serif; alif - bevelled head; alif - thick vertical shaft; foot with left spur
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right elongated serif; lām - bevelled head; lām - non serifed; lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah) with s-shape body
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail; wāw - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail; rā'/zā' - long flattened tapered tail, hairline ending
mīm descenders: mīm - long diagonal tapered tail, hairline ending
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: closing upward

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: short 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 triangular denticles

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial rounded double eyed (wajh al-hirr); isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: rounded head open eye
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke
(10°-35°)
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: China_AVN_JC_39a
Description: Manuscript, China, 15th-19th century, Other
Photographer: Johanna Cozzolino
Copyrights Holder: Chester Beatty Library
License: All rights reserved
Access Rights: Public