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    "localId": "36267",
    "label": "Book of Hours",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/91.613"
}

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    "id": "36267",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/91.613",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Book of Hours",
    "description": "While some owners of printed Books of Hours had them illuminated like manuscripts, others seem to have embraced the visual effect of printed imagery as its own new aesthetic. In the Books of Hours produced by Philippe Pigouchet and designed by the Master of Anne de Bretagne, the intricacy of line and heavily detailed patterns make every image a tour de force of printing. It appears this book's owner appreciated these images for their own intrinsic beauty, as only the initials have been painted.",
    "provenance": "Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "1498 (Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/91.613",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "incunabula"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_91.613_A2r_DD_111220081.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/KPS_91.613_A2r_DD_111220081.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23.7,
            "height": 16.3,
            "depth": 2.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall closed: 9 5/16 × 6 7/16 × 1 in. (23.7 × 16.3 × 2.5 cm)Open H: 9 5/16 × W: 10 11/16 × D: 4 in. (23.7 × 27.2 × 10.1 cm)"
}

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    "med": "metalcut print on parchment",
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        "5816",
        "16470"
    ],
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        "MSS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2117",
        "3318"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/KPS_91.613_A6r_DD_111220081.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bc7de369f3ab2ab0"
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