Manuscript, Banten, end of the 18th century, Banten Naskhī

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_03
Author: Ali Akbar; Annabel Teh Gallop
Date: 1776 – 1800
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Indonesia, Java island, Banten
Present Location: Jakarta, National Library of Indonesia, A.50
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Text Content: Qur'an
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Size (of the object): 32 x 23 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 17 lines
Technique: written
Instrument: jawi pen
Bibliography: Gallop, Annabel Teh, and Akbar, Ali. “The Art of the Qur’an in Banten: Calligraphy and Illumination.” Archipel 72 (2006): 95–156.

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wāw - crescent tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - crescent tail; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: mīm - long flattened, tapered tail; mīm - s-shape
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl; elongated curvilinear deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail

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

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; medial short pointed denticles

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: soft triangular head; final rounded s-shape

additional characteristics: “Allah” is always written in red; mad repeated in red and black; downstroke mim is always with a kind of serif; initial ha' is sometimes written with just a curved line; rounded double ḍamma (tanwin ḍamma); Juz’ written in square stacked script