Manuscript, Java, 19th century, Naskhī

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License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID: SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_12
Author: Ali Akbar; Annabel Teh Gallop
Date: 19^th century
Localization Exactitude Degree: Approximate
Place of Production: Indonesia, Java island
Present Location: Pondok Pesantren Tarbiyya al-Talabah, Keranji, East Java, Indonesia
Website Link: See the digitized manuscript
Language: Arabic
Type of text: Grammar
Text Content: Matan al-`Awāmil al-Jurjānī
Script: Naskhī/naskh
Color of the Script: black; red
Remarks (General Identification): Manuscript ID: Pondok Pesantren Tarbiyya al-Talabah, EAP061/1/3
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\Javanese treebark paper (dluwang)
Layout (Epigraphy & Objects): 3 lines
Technique: written
Instrument: jawi pen

See the lexicon

wāw descenders: wāw - crescent tail
rā' zā' descenders: rā'/zā' - short 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 bowl
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders: opening upward
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders: elongated upwards

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial short pointed denticles

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

additional characteristics: very thick ductus; knotted ta’ marbuta for rubrication in red; exaggerated lam curve, occasional; decorated final ‘ain, occasional