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{
    "localId": "79967",
    "label": "Right Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.577.1B"
}

{
    "id": "79967",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.577.1B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Right Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript W.577 is the right side of this illuminated double-page incipit is the incipit for chapter 1 (Surat al-fatihah). The page is divided into three compartments: an upper and lower panel flanking a central area. In the upper and lower panels the chapter title and number of verses are inscribed in headings in Riqa' script in white ink. In the central area the Qur'anic verses are written in vocalized Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. The border contains polychrome trefoils and floral scroll work on a blue ground.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.577.1B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.577.1b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.577.1b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 13,
            "height": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "ink and pigments on cream-colored paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16702"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MIS",
        "ISL",
        "MSS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3171"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.577.1b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "42b21a1e4ab1a03b"
}