Manuscript, Marrakesh, 1203, Maghribī Thuluth

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_07
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 599 H.; 1203
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Morocco, Marrakesh
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Other
Script: Maghribī Thuluth
Color of the Script: white
Signature: Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Sharīshī
Signature Role: calligrapher
Remarks (General Identification): Istanbul, Topkapi Palace library, ms. R. 33, ff. 136b–137a
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: parchment
Size (of the object): 22.3 x 18 cm (single folio)
Technique: written
Instrument: reed pen
Ink: white ink
Bibliography: Bongianino, Umberto. The Manuscript Tradition of the Islamic West: Maghribi Round Scripts and the Andalusi Identity. Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art. Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

See the lexicon

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; initial top right serif; medial short pointed denticles

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, right stem extended upwards; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head needle point eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke (10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed eye
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: teardrop with open counter
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: subscript miniature letter for hā’/ ʿayn/ sīn / sād / ṭa; superscript hamzah (nabrah) for medial/final kāf; V shape

additional characteristics: outlined script, with three-dimensional effect in some letter shapes (overlap of strokes); initial ‘ayn with large curled eyebrow