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    "localId": "18847",
    "label": "Five Poems (Quintet)",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.663"
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Five Poems (Quintet)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.663 is a Safavid illuminated and illustrated collection of the Hamse (quintet), written in Çagatay (eastern Turkic), composed by the celebrated 'Ali Šir Neva'i (died 906 AH/AD 1501), and inspired by the Persian Khamse of Nizami and Amir Khusraw Dihlavi. This copy dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th and has 5 double-page illustrations in the early Safavid court style. Each double-page illustration introduces the following individual poems: Kitab-i heyrat ül-ebrar (fols. 1b-2a), Kitab-i Ferhad va Sirin (fols. 45b-46a), Kitab-i Mecnun va Leyla (fols. 108b-109a), Kitab-i Hest bihist (fols. 147b-148a), and Kitab-i Iskendername (fols. 199b-200a). Each poem is also introduced by an illuminated incipit (fols. 2b, 46b, 109b, 148b, and 200b). The brown goatskin binding has a central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces brushed with gold. It is possibly attributable to the10th century AH/AD 16th.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.663",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23.5,
            "height": 6.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 2 9/16 in. (23.5 x 6.5 cm)"
}

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    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
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