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Panel, Chanderi, 1301-1396, Epigraphic Round Script

India_SS_12a

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_12
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 8th century H.; 1301 – 1396
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Present Location: Nurullah Shah ka takiya, above the central mihrab
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Text Content: Quran 2:255
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\sandstone
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 2
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel
Bibliography: Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy (ARIE) 1966-67, no. D62

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear
Line of Writing: horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: hanging; partial stacking of characters
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: absent
Shading / Contrast: non-nuanced strokes

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - non serifed; alif - thick vertical shaft; alif - foot contouring the previous letter.
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed; lām - thick vertical shaft
Kāf Ascenders: medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm long diagonal stroke
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - diagonal tail; wāw - angular horizontal tail; wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
mīm descenders: mīm - short curvilinear tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - deep plunging bowl

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: tall denticles perpendicular to baseline
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head needle point eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: thick stroke; horizontal stroke; diagonal stroke (40°-45°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: comma
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: small circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles

Image ID Entry: India_SS_12a
Description: Panel, Chanderi, 1301-1396, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public