Manuscript, Ceuta, 1312, Maghribī

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_11
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 712 H.; 1312
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Spain, Ceuta
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Poetry
Script: Maghribī bookhand
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): El Escorial Library, ms. árabe 382
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\oriental paper
Technique: written
Ink: iron-gall inks (ḥibr)
Bibliography: Derenbourg, Hartwig, and H.-P.-J. Renaudm Henri-Paul. Manuscrits Arabes de l’Escurial Revues et Complétées Par H.-P.-J. Renaud. Tome II. - Fascicule 2 : Médecine et Histoire Naturelle. Fascicule 3 : Sciences Exactes et Sciences Occultes. Volumes V et VI. Publications de l’école Des Langues Orientales Vivantes, VIe série. Librairie orientalist Paul Geuthner, 1941.

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - v-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: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - 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, right stem extended upwards; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); medial bottom open loop and top closed loop; final simple downward stroke (makhṭufah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: circular head closed eye

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: diagonal stroke (40°-45°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles; small V; 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