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Mihrab, Mandu, 1454, Epigraphic Round Script

India_SS_30a
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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: India_SS_30
Author: Saarthak Singh
Date: 858 H.; 1454
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: India, Madhya Pradesh, Dhar district, Mandu
Present Location: Jāmi‘ Masjid, around the 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\mihrab
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; tight interwoven
Line of Writing: broken
Groups of Characters Baseline: oblique; partial stacking of characters
Character Spacing: irregular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl; kāf bowl; sād/ḍād, ṭa/ẓa body
Shading / Contrast: strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: round dot; inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - inclined to left; alif - top right serif; alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif; lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin
Kāf Ascenders: no top arm and superscript kāf
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded swollen body; vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - short almost horizontal tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail
mīm descenders: mīm - long flattened, tapered tail
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward oblique stroke

denticles

sīn shīn denticles: medial zig-zag denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial perpendicular to baseline

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed round loop, right stem extended upwards; initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) diamond shaped
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; closed eye
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics: horizontal stroke
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°)
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles touching upper vowel

Other

additional characteristics: Kāf cutting across the verticals; initial ‘ayn and ghayn with large closed curled eyebrow

Image ID Entry: India_SS_30a
Description: Mihrab, Mandu, 1454, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_30b
Description: Mihrab, Mandu, 1454, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: India_SS_30c
Description: Mihrab, Mandu, 1454, Epigraphic Round Script
Photographer: Saarthak Singh
Copyrights Holder: Saarthak Singh
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Access Rights: Public