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Window frame, Mandu, 1441-1442, Epigraphic Round Script

India_SS_27a
India_SS_27b
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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_27
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 845 H.; 1441 – 1442
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar district, Mandu
Present Location: Ashrafī Mahal
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Nature of the Text: Reference for Quranic verses
Script: Epigraphic Round Script
Type of Object: architectural element\window frame
Writing Surface: stone\type of stone\granite
Shape (Epigraphy): band
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 1
Technique: carved / bas-relief - flat relief
Instrument: chisel

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape: rectangular
Internal Structure: linear; stacked; interwoven
Line of Writing: horizontal
Groups of Characters Baseline: full stacking of characters
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: yā’ rajiah; sīn/shin denticles; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

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 and final elongated (mabsūṭah); top arm pointing upwards; top arm with final hook
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail; wāw - rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
mīm descenders: mīm - s-shape
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: elongated curvilinear deep bowl
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke

horizontals

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

denticles

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

counters

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

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: oblique stroke (10°-35°)
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°)
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles

Image ID Entry: India_SS_27a
Description: Window frame, Mandu, 1441-1442, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_27b
Description: Window frame, Mandu, 1441-1442, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_27c
Description: Window frame, Mandu, 1441-1442, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public