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Manuscript, Java, 19th century, Naskhī

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APA

Ali Akbar, ., & Annabel Teh Gallop, . (n.d.). Manuscript, Java, 19th century, Naskhī (1–), CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4157

Chicago

Ali Akbar, and Annabel Teh Gallop. n.d. “Manuscript, Java, 19th century, Naskhī.”, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4157

MLA

Ali Akbar, and Annabel Teh Gallop. Manuscript, Java, 19th Century, Naskhī, CallFront, accessed July 26, 2026, https://callfront.inha.fr/s/callfront/item/4157

Item descriptor

Copyrights Holder
CallFront
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Entry ID
SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_13
Author
Ali Akbar
Annabel Teh Gallop
Date
19th 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, EAP061/2/14
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
Bibliography
Ahyad, Amiq. “Islamic Manuscript Culture in the Pondok Pesantren of East Java in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Leiden. 2015.

Script descriptor

See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Character Spacing
regular spaces between characters
Presence of Elongation
rare
Elongated Letters
medial ligatures
Ligature
Abusive - zā' and tāʾ marbūṭa
Shading / Contrast
medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point
inclined square
Ascenders
Lām Ascenders
lām - inclined to left
Kāf Ascenders
Initial, medial and final shaft slightly inclined to left
top arm with serif
ṭā' ẓā' ascenders
rounded body
vertical shaft with serif
Descenders
wāw descenders
wāw - long curvilinear tail
rā' zā' descenders
rā'/zā' - long curvilinear tail
mīm descenders
long concave downstroke
nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders
Short bowl on baseline
jīm ḥāʾ khā' and ‘ain ghayn descenders
jīm/ḥāʾ/khā' and ‘ain/ghayn - concave downstroke
yā’ al-rāji’ah descenders
elongated backward stroke curving upward

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 right

counters

hā' counters
initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah)
final one-eyed (mardufah) with elongated vertical shaft
medial 'ain ghayn counters
medial slightly triangular-shaped head
mīm counters
circular head

vocalization and diacritics

ḍamma vocalization and diacritics
oblique tail (10°-35°)
sukūn vocalization and diacritics
inverse V
shadda vocalization and diacritics
short denticles

Other

additional characteristics
multiple knotted ta’ marbuta
Image ID Entry
SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_13a
Description
Manuscript, Java, 19th century, Naskhī
Photographer
Endangered Archives Project, The British Library
Copyrights Holder
Private Collection
License
All rights reserved
Access Rights
Public
Image ID Entry
SoutheastAsia_AA_ATG_13b
Description
Manuscript, Java, 19th century, Naskhī
Photographer
Endangered Archives Project, The British Library
Copyrights Holder
Private Collection
License
All rights reserved
Access Rights
Public
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