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    "localId": "83463",
    "label": "Binding from Compendium of Medicine",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.595.binding"
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    "id": "83463",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.595.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Compendium of Medicine",
    "description": "This red leather binding with a flap is contemporary with the manuscript, Walters W.595. The binding has central ovals and cornerpieces. The central motif has an inner element shaped in the form of a diamond. The doublures are of light brown leather decorated with filigree work, central ovals, and cornerpieces.",
    "provenance": "'Ali [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ownership statement (min kutub) and seal on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "889 AH/AD 1484",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.595.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 30.5,
            "height": 18.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 12 x W: 7 5/16 in. (30.5 x 18.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "red leather with light brown leather doublures",
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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