Textile, Fes, 19th century, Maghribī mujawhar ; Maghribī Thuluth · CallFront

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Textile, Fes, 19th century, Maghribī mujawhar ; Maghribī Thuluth

Maghrib_UB_04a

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_04
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 19^th century
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Morocco, Fes, Shrine of Mawlāy Idrīs II
Website Link: https://collectie.wereldculturen.nl/?query=search=Deeplink%20identifier=[obj_1136168]&showtype=record#/query/180082f4-2308-4287-b3c5-36b5ddd7dba0
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): موطأ ابن تومرت
Type of text: Poetry
Nature of the Text: Reference for poetry verses
Text Content: Four poems in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad , his family, his descendants, and Mawlāy Idrīs
Script: Maghribī mujawhar; Maghribī Thuluth
Color of the Script: gold
Remarks (General Identification): Textile cover for the tomb of Mawlāy Idrīs II.
Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum, Inv. no. WM-57525.
Type of Object: object\textile
Writing Surface: textile
Shape (Epigraphy): band
Size (of the object): 145 x 80 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): Five bands
Technique: embroidered
Bibliography: Bongianino, Umberto, "Fabrics of Sainthood: Making and Experiencing Inscribed Tomb Covers in Nineteenth-Century Morocco", Muqarnas, forthcoming (2024)

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: nested; stacked
Line of Writing: broken
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique; one group of characters underpins the next; partial stacking of characters
Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Ligature: Abusive - 'alif and kaf; Abusive - ‘alif and lām; Abusive - nūn and kāf
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - non serifed; alif - top right serif; alif - foot with left hook
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah) with s-shape body; rounded body, long top flat arm
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; diagonal shaft

Descenders

wāw descenders: long, rounded crescent tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - s-shape
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: elongated curvilinear deep bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - crescent tail
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; opening downwards
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl; ascending bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles; rounded base denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; initial perpendicular to baseline

counters

hā' counters: medial swollen double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: circular head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke (10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: V shape

Other

additional characteristics: Scrollwork background; Peculiar shape of lam-alif ligature with very long and curved stems; Occasional foliated appendices

Image ID Entry: Maghrib_UB_04a
Description: Textile, Fes, 19th century, Maghribī mujawhar ; Maghribī Thuluth
Photographer: Collectie Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
Copyrights Holder: Collectie Wereldmuseum Rotterdam
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public