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Manuscript, Fes (?), 1306, Maghribī mabsūṭ

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APA

Umberto Bongianino, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Fes (?), 1306, Maghribī mabsūṭ (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4053

Chicago

Umberto Bongianino. n.d. “Manuscript, Fes (?), 1306, Maghribī mabsūṭ.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4053

MLA

Umberto Bongianino. Manuscript, Fes (?), 1306, Maghribī mabsūṭ, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4053

Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder
CallFront
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID
Maghrib_UB_19
Author
Umberto Bongianino
Date
705 H.
1306
Localization Exactitude Degree
Approximate
Place of Production
Morocco, Fes (?)
Website Link
https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb00047627
Language
Arabic
Type of text
Quran
Nature of the Text
Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content
2:176–7
Script
Maghribī mabsūṭ
Color of the Script
black
Remarks (General Identification)
Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 2, ff. 58b-59a.
Type of Object
manuscript\codex
Writing Surface
parchment
Size (of the object)
26 x 21.5 cm (single folio)
Technique
written
Ink
carbon-based ink (midād)
iron-gall inks (ḥibr)
Bibliography
Rebhan, Helga. Prachtkorane Aus Tausend Jahren : Handschriften Aus Dem Bestand Der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München ( Magnifiques Corans Millénaire : Manuscrits de La Collection de La Bibliothèque d’État de Bavière à Munich). Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, 1998.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing
horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline
horizontal
Character Spacing
regular spaces between characters
regular spaces between words
Elongated Letters
sād/ḍād, ṭa/ẓa body
kāf bowl
baseline between hā' and the following letter

Letter Morphology

Point
teardrop dot
Ascenders
Alif Ascenders
alif - vertical
alif - rounded head oriented leftwards
alif - final ‘alif with spur below the baseline
Lām Ascenders
lām - vertical
lām - rounded head oriented leftwards
Kāf Ascenders
initial elongated (mabsūṭah)
medial elongated (mabsūṭah)
curvilinear shaft looping backwards
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders
rounded swollen body
diagonal shaft
Descenders
wāw descenders
wāw - rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders
rā'/zā' - rounded tail
mīm descenders
mīm - long curvilinear tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
deep semicircular bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
backward tail
opening horizontal
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - open straight bowl on baseline
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
medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters
isolated one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards
initial / medial two consecutive closed loops
final one-eyed (mardufah) soft triangle on baseline
fā' qāf wāw counters
rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters
compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters
rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics
horizontal stroke
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour
red
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
inverse C
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour
red
hamza vocalization and diacritics
hamza - dot
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour
ochre
sukūn vocalization and diacritics
circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics
tall denticles

Other

additional characteristics
Dagger alif in red
Curled stem of isolated dal/dhal
Noose-shaped final mim
Image ID Entry
Maghrib_UB_19a
Description
Manuscript, Fes (?), 1306, Maghribī mabsūṭ
Photographer
Bavarian State Library
Copyrights Holder
Bavarian State Library
License
All rights reserved
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