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    "localId": "21501",
    "label": "Collection of Poems (divan)",
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    "id": "21501",
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    "title": "Collection of Poems (divan)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.629 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the collection of poems (divan) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz al-Shirazi (flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th). The text was written in Nasta'liq script in black ink on buff and rose-tinted laid paper in Shawwal 958 AH/AD 1552. The codex contains 4 illustrations (fols. 41a, 95b, 147a, and 179b). The dark brown goatskin binding with central medallion and pendants panel-stamped in relief is original to the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Mustafá Pasha Vali-i Iskandariyah, prior to 1231 [mode of acquisition unknown] [dated 1231, see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi, 1285 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Hasan Haqqi Vali-i Salanik, 1303 [mode of acquisition unknown] [see fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "958 AH/AD 1552 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.629",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20.5,
            "height": 12
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 8 1/16 x W: 4 3/4 in. (20.5 x 12 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
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