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    "localId": "35959",
    "label": "Anthology of Persian Poetry",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.655"
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    "id": "35959",
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    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Anthology of Persian Poetry",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.655 is an illustrated collection of Persian poetry by such famous poets as Hafiz, Sa'di, Jami, and Safa. It was executed in Qajar Iran in an oblong format in the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The text, which is incomplete at the beginning and at the end, is written in ploychrome Shikastah script. Fifteen paintings illustrate the text. The goatskin binding is original to the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar)",
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    "language": "en",
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    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 13,
            "height": 7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 5 1/8 x W: 2 3/4 in. (13 x 7 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Qajar Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper covered with limp goatskin with painted cloth",
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