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{
    "localId": "35159",
    "label": "Book of Kings (Shahnama)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.603"
}

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    "id": "35159",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.603",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Book of Kings (Shahnama)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.603 is an illuminated and illustrated incomplete copy of the Shahnamah (Book of kings) by Abu al-Qasim Firdawsi (died 411 or 416 AH/AD 1020-1025), dating between the 11th century AH/AD 17th and the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The text, written in black Nasta'liq script with chapter/section headings in red on a gold ground, is illustrated with 17 paintings. Two of the illustrations (fols. 2b and 269a) are in a clearly recognizable Qajar style and certainly date to the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The others may be late Safavid, repainted in the 13th century AH/AD 19th.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar-Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.603",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.603.binding_BotExt_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.603.binding_BotExt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.603.binding_BotExt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 34,
            "height": 19.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 13 3/8 x W: 7 11/16 in. (34 x 19.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Qajar Dynasty; Safavid Dynasty",
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    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper bound between boards covered with lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7768"
    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.603.binding_TopInt_DD.jpg",
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