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    "localId": "19560",
    "label": "Collection of Poems (divan)",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.631"
}

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    "id": "19560",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.631",
    "contentType": "object",
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    "title": "Collection of Poems (divan)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.631 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). The text is written in Nasta\"liq script and is dated to the end of Safar 946 AH/AD 1539. The manuscript opens with a double-page illustrated frontispiece of an enthroned King Solomon (Sulayman) and Queen Sheba (Bilqis) (fols. 2b-3a), followed by an illuminated incipit with titlepiece inscribed Divan-i Hafiz. There are two additional illustrations of figures conversing and drinking in outdoor landscapes (fols. 114a and 150b). The dark brown leather binding, which is original to the manuscript, is panel-stamped in relief with a central lobed medallion with pendants and an allover floral and vine decoration.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "946 AH/AD 1539 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.631",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22,
            "height": 13
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 1/8 in. (22 x 13 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
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