Panel, Chanderi, 1406-1407, Epigraphic Round Script

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_18
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: c.809 H.; 1406 – 1407
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Ashoknagar district, Chanderi
Present Location: Jāmi‘ Masjid, affixed on the eastern wall
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the foundation of a lofty domed edifice by Qadr Khān in the reign of Dilāwar Khān
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 92 x 32 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 5
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

See the lexicon

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

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

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head

ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

additional characteristics: Undulating rhythm; Plunging bowls, hooked tails, hooked arms; bowl-shaped dāl, leaning forward, angular bowl; Nūn and yā’ al-rāji’ah raised up, cutting across vertical shafts; floral motifs interspersed