Manuscript, Ceuta, 1224-1225, Maghribī bookhand

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_10
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 621 H.; 1224 – 1225
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Spain, Ceuta
Website Link: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ross.1033
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): أرجوزة في صور الكواكب
Type of text: Poetry
Script: Maghribī bookhand
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): Vatican Library, ms. Ross. 1033, f. 105b.
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Size (of the object): 25.5 x 18.8 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): Scoring in dry point on the right and left margins
Technique: written
Instrument: gilt metal thread
Ink: iron-gall inks (ḥibr)
Bibliography: Bongianino, Umberto. “The Vatican Al-Ṣūfī and the Library of Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Ghāfiqī al-Shārrī in Thirteenth-Century Ceuta.” In Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia: Scribes, Patrons, Collectors, and Readers, edited by Jacopo Gnisci, Sophia Dege-Müller, Jonas Karlsson, and Vitagrazia Pisani. De Gruyter, 2025.

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep semicircular bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening downwards
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: elongated open straight bowl on baseline; ascending bowl

sīn shīn denticles: short rounded denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial accentuated curve to left with rounded head; medial short rounded denticles

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial two consecutive closed loops; final simple downward stroke (makhṭufah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin, open eye

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: diagonal stroke (40°-45°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: inverse C
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles; semicircle open upwards; semicircle open downwards
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: subscript miniature letter for hā’/ ʿayn/ sīn / sād / ṭa

additional characteristics: Lām-alif ligature with straight lām and diagonal alif leaning right; superscript wavy stroke for final kāf