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{
    "localId": "22345",
    "label": "Bishop's Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.481"
}

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    "id": "22345",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.481",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Bishop's Ring",
    "description": "This elaborate bishop's ring has the typical combination of a gold setting with a single, large stone, in this case malachite. The gold is decorated with openwork eagles, animal heads, and floral elements. The malachite is probably meant to resemble \"toadstone,\" a green stone said to be found on the head of a toad and believed to have healing qualities. These rings had to be large as bishops normally wore them over gloves on the third finger of the right hand.",
    "provenance": "Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.481",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "finger rings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.481_VwA_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.481_VwA_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.481_VwA_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 3.2,
            "height": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.18 x 3.18 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "English",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "inscriptions": "[Transcription] AVE MARIA GR/ATIA PLENA D/; [Translation] Hail Mary full of grace.",
    "med": "gold and malachite",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6197"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "1994",
        "2227",
        "449",
        "453",
        "2513"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_57.481_NF_3973-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "cd110cc07e8b5143"
}