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Two folios from the Blue Qur'an

Title	Two folios from the Blue Qur'an
Publication Date:	800-900
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	286 mm x 376 mm x 15 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1405A
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	800-900
Notes	Two folios from the Blue Qur'an. Highly distinctive, the Blue Qur'an was produced on dark blue indigo-coloured parchment, and written out in gold Arabic script, with silver markers placed between the verses. This rich (and costly) palette indicates a high status manuscript, as does the unusually large scale. Originally the Blue Qur'an was a seven-volume set, one of which is (intact) in the national library of Tunisia. Over fifty folios of this Qur'an are now dispersed, in public and private museums worldwide: they all belong to the first seventh of the Qur'an. Three are in the Chester Beatty (Is 1405A and Is 1405B). Codex, gold, silver and ink on indigo-coloured parchment, 2 folios in modern binding, Arabic text in black-outlined gold kufic script, silver verse-markers within text and margin (fol. 1v), non-sequential folios from the Blue Qur'an, S2:60-65 (fol. 1) and S2:93-101 (fol. 2), possibly Baghdad, Iraq, c. 800-900
Materyal	Parchment (material), Gold pigment, Silver
Nesne Adı	Codex, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Kufic script

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Two folios from the Blue Qur'an

Publication Date 800-900

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 286 mm x 376 mm x 15 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1405A

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 800-900

Notes Two folios from the Blue Qur'an. Highly distinctive, the Blue Qur'an was produced on dark blue indigo-coloured parchment, and written out in gold Arabic script, with silver markers placed between the verses. This rich (and costly) palette indicates a high status manuscript, as does the unusually large scale. Originally the Blue Qur'an was a seven-volume set, one of which is (intact) in the national library of Tunisia. Over fifty folios of this Qur'an are now dispersed, in public and private museums worldwide: they all belong to the first seventh of the Qur'an. Three are in the Chester Beatty (Is 1405A and Is 1405B). Codex, gold, silver and ink on indigo-coloured parchment, 2 folios in modern binding, Arabic text in black-outlined gold kufic script, silver verse-markers within text and margin (fol. 1v), non-sequential folios from the Blue Qur'an, S2:60-65 (fol. 1) and S2:93-101 (fol. 2), possibly Baghdad, Iraq, c. 800-900

Materyal Parchment (material), Gold pigment, Silver

Nesne Adı Codex, Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Kufic script