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{
    "localId": "10698",
    "label": "Text Page with Colophon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.679A.B"
}

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    "id": "10698",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.679A.B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Text Page with Colophon",
    "description": "This leaf, Walters W.679, is the back of an illustration of the Prophet Muhammad praying at the Ka'bah from the 11th century AH/AD 17th. It is an illuminated text page written in Nasta'liq script with a colophon dated 798 AH/AD 1396 by Abu Sa'id al-Husayni.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.679A.B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.679.Ab_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.679.Ab_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25,
            "height": 15
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 13/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (25 x 15 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "19415",
        "2431"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "579"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.679.Ab_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a31e0c4e8e8638f5"
}