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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Quran
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gptkbp:commissionedBy
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possibly Fatimid or Abbasid patron
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gptkbp:condition
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fragmentary
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:North_Africa
Fatimid Caliphate
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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represents high point of Islamic manuscript art
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gptkbp:dateCreated
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9th-10th century
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gptkbp:decorations
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gold verse markers
ornamental chapter headings
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gptkbp:dimensions
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approx. 30 x 40 cm per folio
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gptkbp:exhibitedAt
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various international exhibitions
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gptkbp:foliosLocation
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gptkb:Harvard_Art_Museums
gptkb:Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art,_New_York
gptkb:Museum_of_Islamic_Art,_Doha
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:Louvre_Museum,_Paris
gptkb:Tunis,_Tunisia
gptkb:Aga_Khan_Museum,_Toronto
gptkb:National_Library_of_Tunisia
gptkb:British_Library,_London
various museums and collections
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
David Collection, Copenhagen
Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Raqqada Museum of Islamic Art, Kairouan
Sotheby's (auctioned folios)
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gptkbp:foliosSurviving
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approximately 600
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Blue Quran
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Byzantine_luxury_manuscripts
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gptkbp:inker
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silver ink
gold ink
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Arabic
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gptkbp:material
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indigo-dyed parchment
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gptkbp:notableFor
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lavish decoration
blue-dyed parchment
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gptkbp:script
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gptkb:Kufic_script
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gptkbp:significance
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one of the most luxurious Qurans ever produced
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gptkbp:studiedBy
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art historians and Islamic manuscript scholars
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Quran
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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