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Manuscript, Marrakesh (?), c. 1220-1238, Maghribī mabsūṭ
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Cite
APA
Umberto Bongianino, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Marrakesh (?), c. 1220-1238, Maghribī mabsūṭ (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4049
Chicago
Umberto Bongianino. n.d. “Manuscript, Marrakesh (?), c. 1220-1238, Maghribī mabsūṭ.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4049
MLA
Umberto Bongianino. Manuscript, Marrakesh (?), C. 1220-1238, Maghribī mabsūṭ, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4049
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- Maghrib_UB_08
- Author
- Umberto Bongianino
- Date
- 1220/1238
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Approximate
- Place of Production
- Morocco, Marrakesh (?)
- Language
- Arabic
- Type of text
- Quran
- Nature of the Text
- Reference for Quranic verses
- Text Content
- 6:160–164
- Script
- Maghribī mabsūṭ
- Color of the Script
- black
- Remarks (General Identification)
- Istanbul, Topkapi Palace Library, ms. R. 21, f. 227b
- Type of Object
- manuscript\codex
- Writing Surface
- paper\type of paper\oriental paper
- Size (of the object)
- 57.5 x 49.5 cm
- Technique
- written
- Ink
- iron-gall inks (ḥibr)
- Bibliography
- Bongianino, Umberto. “The Re-Endowment of Almohad Qurʾāns under the Early Marinids (ca. 1250–1300 CE).” In Regime Change: New Horizons in Islamic Art and Visual Culture, Christiane Gruber and Bihter Esener ed. Ginko, 2024.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Line of Writing
- horizontal
- Groups of Characters Baseline
- horizontal
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- rare
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Letter Morphology
- Point
- round dot
Ascenders
- Alif Ascenders
- alif - vertical
- alif - rounded head oriented leftwards
- alif - final ‘alif with spur below the baseline
Descenders
- wāw descenders
- wāw - short curvilinear tail ending in hairline
- rā' zā' descenders
- rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail ending in hairline
- mīm descenders
- mīm - concave downstroke
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- deep broken bowl
- yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
- backward horizontal stroke below baseline
horizontals
- bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
- ascending bowl
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- short pointed denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial accentuated curve to left with rounded head
counters
- hā' counters
- isolated one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards
- initial / medial two consecutive closed loops
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
vocalization and diacritics
- fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics
- horizontal stroke
- fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour
- red
- ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
- comma
- ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour
- red
- hamza vocalization and diacritics
- hamza - dot
- hamza vocalization and diacritics colour
- ochre
- sukūn vocalization and diacritics
- small circle
- shadda vocalization and diacritics
- tall denticles
Other
- additional characteristics
- sād/ḍād large swollen loops
- isolated and final dāl and dhāl concave downward stroke looping backwards and final spur
- Initial ‘ayn and ghayn with large curled eyebrow
- green waṣla in verdigris
- fatḥa is placed below the diacritical letter points