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Manuscript, Sulawesi, 1859-1860, Naskhī

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_10
Author: Ali Akbar; Annabel Teh Gallop
Date: 1276 H.; 1859 – 1860
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Indonesia, Sulawesi island
Present Location: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Quran
Text Content: Qur'an
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black; red
Remarks (General Identification): Interlinear translation in Javanese
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Size (of the object): 31.5 x 23 cm
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 15 lines
Technique: written
Instrument: jawi pen
Bibliography: Akbar, Ali. “Manuskript Al-Qur’an Dari Sulawesi Barat: Kajian Beberapa Aspek Kodikologi.” Suhuf, Jurnal Kajian Al-Qur’an 7, no. 1 (2014): 101–23.
[Qur’an manuscripts from West Sulawesi: Study of some aspects of its codicology]

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing: regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation: absent
Ligature: Conventional - straight; Conventional - horizontal
Shading / Contrast: medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point: inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders: alif - non serifed
Lām Ascenders: lām - vertical; lām - non serifed
Kāf Ascenders: initial and medial straight shaft
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders: rounded body; vertical shaft no serif

Descenders

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

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)
fā' qāf wāw counters: soft triangular head
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: rounded head pointed chin

vocalization and diacritics

fatḥa kasra vocalization and diacritics colour: black
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics: oblique tail (10°-35°); open eye
ḍamma vocalization and diacritics colour: black
hamza vocalization and diacritics: small ‘ain
hamza vocalization and diacritics colour: black
sukūn vocalization and diacritics: circle
shadda vocalization and diacritics: short denticles

Other

additional characteristics: thick horizontal ductus; angular lām-alif with almost parallel shafts; contracted angular dāl/dhāl; mād sometimes repeated in red three times

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_10a
Description: Manuscript, Sulawesi, 1859-1860, Naskhī
Photographer: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
Copyrights Holder: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_10b
Description: Manuscript, Sulawesi, 1859-1860, Naskhī
Photographer: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
Copyrights Holder: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_10c
Description: Manuscript, Sulawesi, 1859-1860, Naskhī
Photographer: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
Copyrights Holder: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_10d
Description: Manuscript, Sulawesi, 1859-1860, Naskhī
Photographer: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
Copyrights Holder: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public

Image ID Entry: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_10e
Description: Manuscript, Sulawesi, 1859-1860, Naskhī
Photographer: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
Copyrights Holder: Private collection in Majene, West Sulawesi
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Access Rights: Public