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    "localId": "14637",
    "label": "Collection of Poems (Divan)",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.638"
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    "title": "Collection of Poems (Divan)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.638 is an illuminated and illustrated copy of the Collection of poems (divan) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz al-Shirazi (flourished 8th century AH/AD 14th), written in the 1st half of the 11th century AH/AD 17th. There are 5 illustrations.",
    "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",
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    "source": "import",
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            "width": 24,
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 9 7/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (24 x 13.5 cm)"
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