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    "localId": "35381",
    "label": "Yusuf and Zulaykha",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.808"
}

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    "id": "35381",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.808",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Yusuf and Zulaykha",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.808 is an illustrated and illuminated Safavid copy of Joseph (Yusuf) and Zulaykha by Nur al-Din Jami (died 898 AH/AD 1492), executed in Iran in the early 10th century AH/AD 16th. The codex opens with a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 1b-2a) containing the first verses of the work, the title, and the author's name. There are 8 paintings illustrating the text. The binding is slightly later than the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Family of Sara D. Redmond [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by gift.",
    "date": "early 10th century AH/AD 16th century (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.808",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.808_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.808_TopExt_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23.5,
            "height": 12.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 4 15/16 in. (23.5 x 12.5 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 with gold",
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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