Maghribi script

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Arabic script variant
gptkbp:characteristic rounded letter forms
distinct dot placement
extended horizontal strokes
gptkbp:derivedFrom gptkb:Kufic_script
gptkbp:directionA right-to-left
gptkbp:distinctFrom Mashriqi script
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature looped descenders
open letter forms
unique diacritic placement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maghribi script
gptkbp:ISO15924 gptkb:Arab
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Blue_Qur'an
gptkbp:period 10th century to present
gptkbp:region gptkb:Algeria
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Mali
gptkb:Mauritania
gptkb:Morocco
gptkb:Tunisia
Spain (historical)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Naskh_script
gptkb:Kufic_script
gptkbp:status still in use
traditional
gptkbp:style gptkb:religious_art
gptkbp:subspecies Andalusi
Mabsut
Mujawher
Mushafi
Sudani
gptkbp:unicodeBlock gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Jewish_communities_in_North_Africa
gptkb:Tuareg_people
Muslim communities in North Africa
Andalusian scribes
Berber scholars
Moorish communities
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:literature
legal documents
Qur'anic manuscripts
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:al-Andalus
gptkbp:writingMaterial gptkb:newspaper
parchment
vellum
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkb:Berber_languages
gptkb:Hassaniya_Arabic
Arabic language
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Floriated_Kufic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6