Codex, Alanya, 1228, Naskh

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Anatolia_CJ_01
Author: Cailah Jackson
Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: Dhu'l-Qaʿda 625 H.; October 1228
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Türkiye, Alanya
Present Location: Süleymaniye Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi, Istanbul, Aşir Efendi 316
Website Link: https://portal.yek.gov.tr/works/detail/198151
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): al-Laṭāʾif al-ʿAlāʾiyya
Type of text: Other
Text Content: Mirror for princes/advice literature
Script: Naskhī regional variant
Color of the Script: brown
Signature: Aḥmad ibn Saʿd ibn Mahdī ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-Zanjānī al-ʿUthmānī
Signature Role: calligrapher
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Size (of the object): L: 22.7, W: 16.7
Ruling (Manuscript): 11 lines in 1 column
Bibliography: Peacock, Andrew. “Advice for the Sultans of Rum: The ‘Mirrors for Princes’ of Early Thirteenth Century Anatolia.” In Turkish Language, Literature, and History: Travelers’ Tales, Sultans, and Scholars Since the Eighth Century, Bill Hickman, Gary Leiser. Routledge, 2016., pp. 276–307, pp. 283–4.; Jackson, Cailah. Islamic Manuscripts of Late Medieval Rūm, 1270s–1370s: Production, Patronage and the Arts of the Book. Edinburgh University Press, 2020, pp. 102, 104, 243-4.

See the lexicon

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

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin