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Manuscript, Aceh, early 19th century, Naskhī

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Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder: CallFront
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_08
Author: Ali Akbar; Annabel Teh Gallop
Date: 1820 – 1830
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Indonesia, Sumatra island, Aceh province
Present Location: London, British Library, Or 16915
Website Link: https://smarthistory.org/aceh-quran/
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Text Content: Qur'an
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black
Remarks (General Identification): The paper is watermarked 1819, so the manuscript would have been written within the next decade.
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Size (of the object): 33 x 20.5 cm
Ruling (Manuscript): H. 23 cm ; l. 13 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 15 lines
Technique: written
Instrument: jawi pen

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: absent
Ligature: Abusive - rā' and hā' / tāʾ marbūṭa; Conventional - straight; Conventional - underpinning
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - inclined to left; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: initial medial and final elongated (mabsūṭah); Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft inclined to left

Descenders

wāw descenders: wāw - long flat curvilinear tapered tail; wāw - short curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - diagonal tail; rā'/zā' - short curvilinear tail; rā'/zā' - s-shaped
mīm descenders: convex downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders: Short bowl on baseline
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: semicircular backward tail
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: backward horizontal stroke below baseline

horizontals

bāʾ tāʾ thāʾ fāʾ kāf horizontals: short bowl

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 one-eyed round loop, left stem extended upwards; isolated one-eyed round loop, right stem extended upwards; final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left
fā' qāf wāw counters: rounded head; triangular pointed head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: circular head; rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); closed 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
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Other

additional characteristics: Thick ductus

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_08a
Description: Manuscript, Aceh, early 19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_08b
Description: Manuscript, Aceh, early 19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_08c
Description: Manuscript, Aceh, early 19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_08d
Description: Manuscript, Aceh, early 19th century, Naskhī
Photographer: The British Library
Copyrights Holder: The British Library
License: CC-BY-4.0
Access Rights: Public