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{
    "localId": "33006",
    "label": "History of Nigaristan",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.598"
}

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    "id": "33006",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.598",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "History of Nigaristan",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.598 is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of the History of Nigaristan (Iran), known as Kitab-i Nigaristan or Tarikh-i Nigaristan by Ahmad Ghaffari (died 975 AH/AD 1567-1568). The colophon indicates that it was completed on 5 Shawwal 976 AH/AD 1569. The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece, and there are 8 paintings illustrating the text in a style that has been associated with the school of painting at Shiraz. The dark brown/black leather binding, which is contemporary with the manuscript, has a large central panel with oval and pendants. The border is comprised of cartouches alternating with roundels. All are gold-brushed and decorated with floral and cloud motifs.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "5 Shawwal 976 AH/AD 1569 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.598",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.598_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.598_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 31,
            "height": 18
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 12 3/16 x W: 7 1/16 in. (31 x 18 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper covered with dark brown/black leather with gold",
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    ],
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
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        "3770"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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