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    "localId": "18970",
    "label": "Marvels of the World",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.652"
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    "id": "18970",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.652",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Marvels of the World",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.652 is an abridged metrical paraphrase of the 2nd maqalah of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (The wonders of creation) by Zakariya' al-Qazwini (died 682 AH/AD 1283) with additions from other sources by Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari (died 866 AH/AD 1461-1462). The text was copied in Herat (in present-day Afghanistan) in 1022 AH/AD 1613 in the library of the governor of Khurasan Husayn Khan Shamlu-yi Biklirbiki (Beglerbegi). The manuscript is illustrated with 14 paintings in an early Safavid style from the 11th century AH/AD 17th. The present binding is not original to the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Husayn, 1305 AH/AD 1887-1888, by purchase [for 310 tomans]; Asghar 'Ali, 1305 AH/AD 1887, 1888, by gift [acquired for Asghar 'Ali by his father Husayn for 310 tomans, dated 1305 AH/AD 1887-1888, see fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1022 AH/AD 1613 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.652",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 5.8,
            "height": 17
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 2 5/16 x W: 6 11/16 in. (5.8 x 17 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
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    "med": "ink and pigments on thick paper covered with light olive leather",
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