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title: Folio from The Blue Qur'an
author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/19824/folio-from-the-blue-quran/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2024-12-19
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# Folio from The Blue Qur'an
_Authored by Metropolitan Museum of Art_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/19824.jpg)
## Image Caption
Most likely from North [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/) dating from the late 9th to mid 10th-century, the celebrated Blue Qur'an was a luxurious book with pages dyed in indigo, and Kufic calligraphy in [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) foil, and [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) bookmarks. Consisting of over 600 large folios (H. 11 15/16 in. (30.4 cm), W. 15 13/16 in. (40.2 cm)) Its pages were greatly valued items of scared art and sometime during the [Ottoman Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/Ottoman_Empire/) the book was taken apart and its pages dispersed to different locations. Today they can be found at many different museums in both the Muslim World and the the West. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Art, M. M. o. (2024, December 19). Folio from The Blue Qur'an. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Folio from The Blue Qur'an." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 19, 2024. .
### MLA
Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Folio from The Blue Qur'an." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Dec 2024, .
## License & Copyright
© [Metropolitan Museum of Art](http://metmuseum.org/), NY. As part of the [Met's Open Access policy](https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access), the Metropolitan Museum of Art has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this dataset. [Original image](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/454662) by [**Metropolitan Museum of Art**](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/454662). Submitted by [Sikeena Karmali Ahmed](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/sikeenakarmalia/ "User Page: Sikeena Karmali Ahmed"), published on 19 December 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.