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{
    "localId": "12708",
    "label": "Covers of a \"\"Manjusrinamasamgiti\"\" Manuscript",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.142"
}

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    "id": "12708",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.142",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Covers of a \"\"Manjusrinamasamgiti\"\" Manuscript",
    "description": "The text is \"Chanting the Names of Manjushri,\" the bodhisattva of wisdom. In the central position on the upper cover is the eight-armed Namasamgiti, an embodiment or personification of the text. He is flanked by the Buddha Shakyamuni, shown preaching, and an eight-armed Avalokiteshvara. On the lower cover, Vasudhara, goddess of wealth, is at the center with the bodhisattvas Lokeshvara (left) and Maitreya (right).",
    "provenance": "Ian Alsop, New York and Santa Fe [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, June 1987, by purchase.",
    "date": "12th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/F.142",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Manuscripts & Rare Books",
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.4,
            "height": 29.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "W: 2 1/8 x L: 11 1/2 in. (5.4 x 29.2 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "Namasangiti",
    "med": "wood binding with pigment, ink on palm leaves",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "INT"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2071"
    ]
}

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