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

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_04
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.52
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Text Content: Qur'an
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): colophon
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Size (of the object): 53 x 37 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.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: occasional
Elongated Letters: medial ligatures; bā’/fā’ bowl; kāf bowl
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - top right serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right serif
Kāf Ascenders: initial and medial straight shaft; sword-like top arm; initial elongated (mabsūṭah)
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flattened, tapered tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long flattened, tapered tail
mīm descenders: mīm - long flattened, tapered tail; concave downstroke with left serif at the end
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: deep bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; closing upward

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: short flattened bowl

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: isolated one-eyed triangular (murabba'ah); initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left; final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: wide inverted triangle
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°)
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain; small sād
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: tall denticles
ihmāl vocalization and diacritics: V shape

Other

additional characteristics: “Allah” is always written in red; final żal with point inside tail; alif-lam ta’rif with serifs; mad repeated in red; Juz’ markers written in square stacked script, in red

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_04c
Description: Manuscript, Banten, end of the 18th century, Banten Naskhī
Photographer: National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta
Copyrights Holder: National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_04d
Description: Manuscript, Banten, end of the 18th century, Banten Naskhī
Photographer: National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta
Copyrights Holder: National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_04e
Description: Manuscript, Banten, end of the 18th century, Banten Naskhī
Photographer: National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta
Copyrights Holder: National Library of Indonesia, Jakarta
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public