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Panel, Fes, 1203, Maghribī Thuluth

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Entry ID: Maghrib_UB_01
Author: Umberto Bongianino
Date: 599 H.; 1203
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Morocco, Fes, Qarawiyyīn Mosque
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content: Bismilah, Prayer on the Prophet, 2:74, date
Script: Maghribī Thuluth
Remarks (General Identification): Almohad foundation inscription of a fountain.
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\limestone
Shape (Epigraphy): band
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): Single line
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Bibliography: Duqmāq, Aḥmad. “Al-Kitābāt al-ʿArabiyya Bi-Jāmiʿ al-Qarawiyyīn Bi-Fās Mundh ʿaṣr al-Adārisa Ḥattā al-ʿaṣr al-Marīnī.” Revista Del Instituto Egipcio de Estudios Islámicos 49 (2021): 7–91.

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
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; mīm tail; rā’ tail
Length of Elongation: varied length of elongations
Ligature: Abusive - ‘alif and lām; Abusive - rā’ and tāʾ marbūṭa
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - top right serif; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - top right serif; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Kāf Ascenders: initial /medial compact form rounded body; top arm short diagonal stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body, traced as a loop; 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

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 nuanced top right hook; medial short rounded denticles

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: rounded head pointed chin; circular head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: horizontal stroke; oblique stroke (10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle; teardrop with open counter
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles; sometimes connected to vowel
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: V shape

Other

additional characteristics: trefoils and pretzel knots, sometimes attached to the end of the tail of certain letters

Image ID Entry: Maghrib_UB_01a
Description: Panel, Fes, 1203, Maghribī Thuluth
Photographer: Umberto Bongianino
Copyrights Holder: Umberto Bongianino
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Maghrib_UB_01b
Description: Panel, Fes, 1203, Maghribī Thuluth
Photographer: Umberto Bongianino
Copyrights Holder: Umberto Bongianino
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Maghrib_UB_01c
Description: Panel, Fes, 1203, Maghribī Thuluth
Photographer: Umberto Bongianino
Copyrights Holder: Umberto Bongianino
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: Maghrib_UB_01d
Description: Panel, Fes, 1203, Maghribī Thuluth
Photographer: Umberto Bongianino
Copyrights Holder: Umberto Bongianino
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public