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    "localId": "26887",
    "label": "Two Poetical Works: Yusuf and Zulaykha and Mihr and Mushtari",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.645"
}

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    "id": "26887",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.645",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Two Poetical Works: Yusuf and Zulaykha and Mihr and Mushtari",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.645, this illuminated and illustrated Safavid manuscript, executed in Safavid Iran in the 10th century AH/AD 16th, contains two poetical works: Yusuf va Zulaykha by Nur al-Din Jami (died 898 AH/AD 1492) and Mihr va Mushtari by Muhammad ibn Ahmad \"Assar Tabrizi (died 784 AH/AD 1382). The 2 texts can be read side by side on the same page, either written horizontally or obliquely. There are 4 paintings illustrating the text (fols. 58b, 91a, 159a, and 180b). The brown leather binding with dentelle-style decoration in multi-colored filigree work may date to the 10th century AH/AD 16th, although it is unlikely to be original to the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "'Abduhu Muhammad Kazim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [oval seal on fol. 113b]; 'Ismat Zinat Sultan, 1249 AH/AD 1833 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [square seal dated 12(?)49 AH/AD 1833 on fol. 114a]; 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.645",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.645_TopExt_DD_UBO.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.645_TopExt_DD_UBO.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 27,
            "height": 17
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 11/16 in. (27 x 17 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
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    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper covered with brown leather",
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    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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