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Manuscript, Madura, 1865, Naskhī

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Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_06
Author: Ali Akbar; Annabel Teh Gallop
Date: 1865
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Indonesia, Madura island
Present Location: London, British Library, Or 15877
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\Javanese treebark paper (dluwang)
Size (of the object): 29.5 x 19.5 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 13 lines
Technique: written
Instrument: jawi pen

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: frequent
Elongated Letters: bā’/fā’ bowl; kāf bowl; nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā’, lām and qāf bowl
Ligature: Conventional - straight; Conventional - underpinning
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - top right elongated serif
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - top right elongated serif
Kāf Ascenders: sword-like top arm; curvilinear shaft looping backwards; no top arm and superscript kāf; top arm with final hook upwards
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body

Descenders

wāw descenders: wide rounded tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: downstroke elongated rightwards
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: Short bowl on baseline; deep broken bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: backward tail; opening horizontal

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: short straight bowl on baseline

denticles

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

counters

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); isolated double-eyed round (mu'arrāh); final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft inclined to left
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin, closed eye; rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: diagonal tail (40°-45°); open eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small inverse Z
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle; inverse V
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Other

additional characteristics: very strong slant to left throughout; knotted ta’ marbuta’ in sura headings in red ink

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_06a
Description: Manuscript, Madura, 1865, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_06b
Description: Manuscript, Madura, 1865, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_06c
Description: Manuscript, Madura, 1865, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_06d
Description: Manuscript, Madura, 1865, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public