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    "localId": "23579",
    "label": "Collection of Poems (Divan)",
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    "id": "23579",
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    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Collection of Poems (Divan)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.634 is an illuminated copy of the Collection of poems (divan) by Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz al-Shirazi (active 8th century AH/AD 14th). Written in Safavid Iran in the10th century AH/AD 16th in black Nasta'liq script, the codex opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece that precedes a preface (dibachah) (fols. 1b-2a). An illuminated headpiece (fol. 7b) inscribed fa-Llah khayr hafizan or \"God is the best protector\" (Surat Yusuf, 12:64) introduces the initial verses of the Divan. There is an illuminated tailpiece inscribed with the work's final verses and a colophon with prayers for the prophet Muhammad and his family. The illumination of this manuscript exemplifies the Safavid style of the 10th century AH/AD 16th. The binding is not contemporary with the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "width": 23.5,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (23.5 x 14.5 cm)"
}

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