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

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_AVN_JC_40
Author: Annie Vernay-Nouri; Johanna Cozzolino
Date: 13 Jumada II H. in the 9th regnal year of the Chinese Sultan; 1401 – 1900
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: China
Present Location: Private collection
Website Link: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-3995630
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Script: Other
Color of the Script: black
Signature: Yusuf Ziya' al-Din
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: other
Size (of the object): 32 x 23.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): 17 lines
Technique: written

See the lexicon

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

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) rounded
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head needle point eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain; small inverse Z
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form