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Panel, Mandu, 1432, Epigraphic Round Script

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_24
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 835 H.; 1432
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar district, Mandu
Present Location: Mosque of Malik Mughīth, above the main entrance door
Language: Persian
Type of text: Foundation inscription
Text Content: Records the foundation of the mosque by Malik Mughīth al-Dīn Ulugh ‘Āzam Humāyūn and its completion by Maḥmūd Shāh
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\panel
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): rectangular
Size (of the object): 72 x 53 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 7
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear
Line of Writing: horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: one group of characters underpins the next
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters; superscription at end of line
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; final bā’/ṭā' /fā’ bowl
Ligature: Abusive - ‘alif and lām
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square; round dot

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - vertical; alif - inclined to left; alif - top right serif; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm pointing upwards; Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left; top flat arm; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft with right hook

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - s-shape
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: wide deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final s-shaped (muḥdawdibah)
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; open/closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head

Image ID Entry: India_SS_24a
Description: Panel, Mandu, 1432, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_24b
Description: Panel, Mandu, 1432, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public