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Manuscript, Aceh, before 1784, Naskhī
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Cite
APA
Ali Akbar, ., & Annabel Teh Gallop, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Aceh, before 1784, Naskhī (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4151
Chicago
Ali Akbar, and Annabel Teh Gallop. n.d. “Manuscript, Aceh, before 1784, Naskhī.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4151
MLA
Ali Akbar, and Annabel Teh Gallop. Manuscript, Aceh, before 1784, Naskhī, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4151
Item descriptor
- Copyrights Holder
- CallFront
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Entry ID
- SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_07
- Date
- Before
- 1784
- Localization Exactitude Degree
- Exact
- Place of Production
- Indonesia, Sumatra island, Aceh province
- Present Location
- Deventer, Athenaeumbibliotheek, 10 N 1 KL
- Website Link
- See the digitized manuscript
- 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)
- 30 x 22 cm
- Ruling (Manuscript)
- H. 30 cm ; I. 17.5 cm
- Layout (Epigraphy & Objects)
- 15 lines
- Technique
- written
- Instrument
- jawi pen
- Bibliography
- Gallop, A.T. “The library of an 18th-century Malay bibliophile: Tengku Sayid Jafar, Panglima Besar of Selangor.” Social codicology: the multiple lives of texts in Muslim societies, ed. Olly Akkerman. Leiden: Brill, 2025. 199-258.
Script descriptor
See the lexicon
General Script Characteristics
- Character Spacing
- regular spaces between characters
- Presence of Elongation
- occasional
- Ligature
- Conventional - curvilinear
- Shading / Contrast
- medium contrast
Ascenders
- Alif Ascenders
- alif - non serifed
Descenders
- mīm descenders
- convex downstroke
- nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
- elongated curvilinear deep bowl
- jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
- backward tail
horizontals
- bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals
- bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - elongated curvilinear flattened bowl
- bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, fāʾ, kāf - curvilinear flattened bowl
denticles
- sīn shīn denticles
- short pointed denticles
- initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles
- initial short pointed denticles
- extended bā' Basmalah with serif
counters
- hā' counters
- initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr)
- initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
- medial 'ain ghayn counters
- compact inverted triangle
- mīm counters
- rounded head pointed chin
vocalization and diacritics
- fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour
- black
- ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour
- black
- hamza vocalization and diacritics
- small inverse Z
- hamza vocalization and diacritics colour
- black
- sukūn vocalization and diacritics
- circle
- shadda vocalization and diacritics
- short denticles
Other
- additional characteristics
- final dhal with point inside tail
- medial ha’ with certain distinctive shape
- distinctive head of elongated kaf