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{
    "localId": "726",
    "label": "Morse with Apostles and Heraldic Shields",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.49"
}

{
    "id": "726",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.49",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Morse with Apostles and Heraldic Shields",
    "description": "This morse, or clasp, was once sewn onto a bishop's cope (ceremonial robe). The two heraldic shields, added later, represent the arms of Léon and Castile (left) and England (right). These shields suggest that the clasp was adapted for use on a luxurious cape worn by either Eleanor of Castile (d. 1290) or her husband, King Edward I of England (d. 1307).",
    "provenance": "Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, April 17, 1893, no. 276; Caspar Bourgeois and Stephen Bourgeois, Cologne; Bourgeois Sale, Cologne, October 19, 1904, no. 395; Henri Daguerre, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "mid 13th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.49",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "morses"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_53.49_Fnt_DD_T11.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_53.49_Fnt_DD_T11.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_53.49_Fnt_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11.5,
            "height": 17.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (11.5 x 17.2 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "French",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "med": "champlevé enamel on gilded copper, semiprecious stones",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "467"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_53.49_Back_DD_T11.jpg",
    "mediaId": "f1b89f16e0518100"
}