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Tile, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other

China_NBA_10a

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: China_NBA_10
Author: Nourane Ben Azzouna
Contributor(s): Johanna Cozzolino; Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 1506 – 1521
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen
Present Location: British Museum (PDF,B.687)
Website Link: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_PDF-B-687
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: ceramic
Shape (Epigraphy): diamond
Size (of the object): 45.8 x 36.4 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 6 lines
Instrument: brush

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rhomboid
Internal Structure: linear
Groups of Characters Baseline: partial stacking of characters
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 - bevelled head; alif - elongated vertical shaft
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - bevelled head; lām - elongated vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); medial, initial vertical shaft; no top arm and superscript kāf; vertical shaft with top arm (sarkaj)

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - v-shaped
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening horizontal

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: medial zig-zag denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; leftward stroke with short hook; medial short rounded denticles

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: blue
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: blue
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Image ID Entry: China_NBA_10a
Description: Tile, Jingdezhen, 1506-1521, Other
Photographer: The British Library
License: Public Domain
Access Rights: Public