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{
    "localId": "83456",
    "label": "Majnun Seated in the Wilderness with Laylá on a Camel",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.638.63B"
}

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    "id": "83456",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.638.63B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Majnun Seated in the Wilderness with Laylá on a Camel",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript w.638 depicts Majnun, sitting on the side of the road, while Laylá passes by, mounted on a camel.",
    "provenance": "'Abd Allah al-Muradi, 1132 AH/AD 1719 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression fol. 91b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1st half 11th century AH/AD 17th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.638.63B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.638.63b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 24,
            "height": 13.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 7/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (24 x 13.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15730"
    ],
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        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "9bb28d6c8839c12a"
}