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{
    "localId": "35391",
    "label": "Turkish Version of Sindbadnama",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.662"
}

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    "id": "35391",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.662",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Turkish Version of Sindbadnama",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.662 is an Ottoman illustrated and illuminated copy of the Tuhfet ül-ahyar, which is an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (Sindbadnamah), written by 'Abdülkerim bin Muhammed during the reign of Sultan Süleyman (Soliman) (reigned 926 AH/AD 1520-974 AH/AD 1566). The text is written in black Naskh script with incidentals in gold and red, and chapter headings are in gold. The manuscript dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th and opens with an illuminated incipit page (fol. 1b). There are a total of six illustrations.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century AH/AD 16th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.662",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.662.binding_TopExtClsd_DD_UpperBoardOutside.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.662.binding_TopExtClsd_DD_UpperBoardOutside.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 20.5,
            "height": 13
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 8 1/16 x W: 5 1/8 in. (20.5 x 13 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
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        "80978",
        "80977",
        "80976",
        "80975",
        "80974",
        "80973"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper covered with brown leather",
    "creator_ids": [
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        "17752"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "112"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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