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    "localId": "81413",
    "label": "Colophon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.643.37A"
}

{
    "id": "81413",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.643.37A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Colophon",
    "description": "This colophon from Walters manuscript W.643 concludes with the inscription: katabahau al-'abd al-mudhnib Baba Shah Isfahani.",
    "provenance": "Alllah Muhammad 'Ali, 1030 AH/AD 1620-1621 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Round seal in the center of fol. 1a]; Unknown owner, 22 Jum. II 1105 AH/AD 1694 [mode of acquisition unknown] [a note on fol. 1a]; Mahmud, 1115 AH/AD 1703-1704 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Square seal with name Mahmud (partially erased) and an inscription with the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Shah Ghulami, Dhu al-Qa'dah 1127 AH/AD 1715 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Octagonal seal with name underneath an inscription giving the date on fol. 1a]; Husayn Qavam (?), Daftar, 1301 AH/AD 1883-1884 [mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement on fol. 2a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "999 AH/AD 1591 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.643.37A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.643.37a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.643.37a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.643.37a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22.5,
            "height": 13
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 7/8 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22.5 x 13.0 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Transliteration]  katabahau al-'abd al-mudhnib Bābā Shāh Isfahānī",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on rose-tinted, laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18550",
        "15674"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "MSS",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.643.37a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "81f8e77f369f2f55"
}