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{
    "localId": "6402",
    "label": "Poem (masnavi)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.642"
}

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    "id": "6402",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.642",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Poem (masnavi)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.642 is an illuminated copy of the well-known poem (masnavi) Subhat al-abrar (The rosary of the righteous) by Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (died 898 AH/AD 1492), produced in Safavid Iran. The text, written in Nasta'liq script, was copied by Haydar al-Husayni in 965 AH/AD 1557-1558, according to the Arabic colophon (fol. 112a). The manuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipit inscribed with the title of the work and the author's name. The subsequent pages have decorated borders and gold-sprinkled margins. The dark brown goatskin binding, which is original to the manuscript, has light brown doublures decorated with filigree work on a multi-colored ground. The original shelfmark of 3934 is inscribed on the tail edge of the codex.",
    "provenance": "Unknown collection [seal erased; original shelfmark of 3934 on on tail edge of codex]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "965 AH/AD 1557-1558 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.642",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.642.binding_TopClsd_DD_UpperBoardOutside.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.642.binding_TopClsd_DD_UpperBoardOutside.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.642.binding_TopClsd_DD_UpperBoardOutside.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 24.5,
            "height": 15
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (24.5 x 15 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic; Persian",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
        "82834",
        "80971",
        "80970",
        "80969"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on cream-colored, gold-sprinkled laid paper covered with dark brown goatskin with gold; light brown doublures with blue, orange, and green",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17749",
        "15674"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2289"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.642.binding_BotClsd_DD_LowerBoardOutsideFlapOpen.jpg",
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