Manuscript, Marrakesh, 1230-1252, Maghribī Mabsūṭ · CallFront

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Manuscript, Marrakesh, 1230-1252, Maghribī Mabsūṭ

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_28
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 1230 – 1252
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: Morocco, Marrakesh (?)
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content: 28:87–29:1
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): Marrakesh, Ibn Yūsuf Library, ms. 431/6
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\watermark
Size (of the object): 31 x 25 cm (single folio)
Bibliography: Bongianino, Umberto, Cellard, Éleonore, “The Pink Qurʾan: A Reverse Biography”, Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture 1, 2025, 83–142.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Line of Writing: horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: horizontal
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top left serif; alif - final ‘alif with spur below the baseline
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top left serif
Kāf Ascenders: initial elongated (mabsūṭah); medial elongated (mabsūṭah); curvilinear shaft looping backwards
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; diagonal shaft

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - long curvilinear tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep broken 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: medial zig-zag 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 pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: horizontal stroke
fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: gold
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: inverse C
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: gold
hamza vocalization and diacritics: hamza - dot; small ‘ain
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles

Other

additional characteristics: Dagger alif in gold; Downward spur of final dāl / dhāl