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{
    "localId": "85657",
    "label": "Illuminated Leaf with the Profession of Clarissan Nun",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.923"
}

{
    "id": "85657",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.923",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Illuminated Leaf with the Profession of Clarissan Nun",
    "description": "Twelve nearly square images (each approximately 90 x 85 mm) with scenes from the Passion of Christ, from the Life of St. Clare of Assisi, and from the profession of a Clarissan nun. The twelve scenes are enclosed within a 'strewn flower' border in liquid gold and colors, typical of those painted in illuminated manuscripts in Ghent and Bruges beginning ca. 1470.",
    "provenance": "Rev. T.H. Aldridge, Devon, United Kingdom [date and mode of acquisition unknown] until 2008; Maggs Bros., Berkeley Square, London, 2008; Walters Art Museum, 2012, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1530-1550",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.923",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_W.923_BackCc_DD_T13.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_W.923_BackCc_DD_T13.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_W.923_BackCc_DD_T13.jpg",
    "imageCount": 17,
    "pageCount": 17,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 45,
            "height": 32.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 17 11/16 x W: 12 13/16 in. (45 x 32.5 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "pigments on parchment",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6505"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3231",
        "3663"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 11,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.923_000008_300.jpg",
    "mediaId": "9636fb7b0c4b0738"
}