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Manuscript, Fes, 1350, Maghribī mujawhar

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront; Archivo de la Corona de Aragón
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_22
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 751 H.; 1350
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Morocco, Fes
Website Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/description/4800447
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Other
Nature of the Text: Peace treaty; Other
Script: Maghribī mujawhar
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Cartas árabes, núm. 106
Type of Object: manuscript\single-sheet
Writing Surface: parchment
Technique: written
Ink: iron-gall inks (ḥibr)
Bibliography: García de Linares, Ramón, and Alarcón Santón, Maximiliano. Los Documentos Árabes Diplomáticos Del Archivo de La Corona de Aragón. Madrid-Granada, 1940.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: horizontal curving upwards at end
Groups of Characters Baseline: horizontal
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Abusive - ‘alif and lām; Abusive - rā’ and ‘ain/ghayn; Abusive - rā’ and ‘ain/ghayn; Abusive - rā' and hā' / tāʾ marbūṭa
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top left serif; alif - foot with left spur; alif - final ‘alif with spur below the baseline; alif - final ‘alif with middle loop
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top left serif; lām - curved
Kāf Ascenders: initial/medial compact form; curvilinear shaft looping backwards
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: one consecutive stroke with looped shaft

Descenders

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

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: ascending bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: medial zig-zag denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: circular head closed eye

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke (10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles; semicircle open upwards; semicircle open downwards

Other

additional characteristics: dāl and dhāl in isolated and final form with concave downward stroke looping backwards and final spur; final dāl and dhāl with extended tail below the baseline