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    "localId": "31378",
    "label": "Nativity",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.539.208V"
}

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    "id": "31378",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.539.208V",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Nativity",
    "provenance": "Priest T'oros, nephew of the catholicos Constantine I, Hromkla, Armenia, between 1262 and 1266; Hermitage of Ark'-akaghin, Cilicia, Armenia, 1266 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Ter Tiratur, Sebastia, Armenia 1604 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Church of the Holy Virgin, Sebastia, Armenia, between 1626 and 1881 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Church of the Holy Cross, Sebastia, Armenia, beween 1881 and 1915 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, New York, 1929, by purchase; Sadie Jones [Mrs. Henry Walters], New York, 1931, by bequest; given to Walters Art Museum, 1935.",
    "date": "1262 (Medieval)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.539.208V",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "folios (leaves)"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 30,
            "height": 21.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "11 13/16 x 8 7/16 in. (30 x 21.5 cm)"
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    "cul": "Christian; Byzantine; Armenian",
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    "med": "ink and pigments on parchment of medium weight, well finished but worn from use",
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