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{
    "localId": "13644",
    "label": "Collection of Poems (Divan)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.637"
}

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    "id": "13644",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.637",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Collection of Poems (Divan)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.637 is an illustrated and illuminated copy of the collection of poems (divan) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz al-Shirazi (active 8th century AH/AD 14th), produced in India, possibly Kashmir, in the 13th century AH/AD 19th. It opens with an illuminated headpiece with the doxological formula (basmalah) (fol. 1b); there are 20 illustrations. The lacquer binding with central floral design is contemporary with the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century (Fatimid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.637",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.637_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.637_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.637_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 13.5,
            "height": 8
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 5 5/16 x W: 3 1/8 in. (13.5 x 8 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Fatimid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper covered with lacquer with gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15730"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.637_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ae2ba88ae84f2ab6"
}