Manuscript, Mahdiyya, 1204, Maghribī mujawhar

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_23
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 600 H.; 1204
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Tunisia, Mahdia (Mahdiyya)
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Other
Nature of the Text: Diplomatic letter; Other
Script: Maghribī mujawhar
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): Pisa State Archive, Atti Pubblici, 17th May 1204
Type of Object: manuscript\single-sheet
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\watermark
Size (of the object): 30 x 26 cm
Technique: written
Ink: iron-gall inks (ḥibr)
Bibliography: Bongianino, Umberto. The Manuscript Tradition of the Islamic West: Maghribi Round Scripts and the Andalusi Identity. Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art. Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

See the lexicon

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to right; alif - top left serif; alif - foot with left hook; alif - top right serif; alif - looped (musalsal)
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top left serif
Kāf Ascenders: rounded body, long top flat arm
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: vertical shaft no serif

wāw descenders: wide rounded tail; wāw - crescent tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped; hooked tail
mīm descenders: long concave downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep semicircular bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail; opening horizontal
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

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

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards; initial / medial two consecutive closed loops; final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke (10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: subscript miniature letter for hā’/ ʿayn/ sīn / sād / ṭa; superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form; superscript hamzah (nabrah) for medial/final kāf; V shape

additional characteristics: Lam-alif ligature with two vertical and parallel stems; Isolated dāl with final spur