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    "localId": "37779",
    "label": "Poem (Masnavi)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.656"
}

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    "id": "37779",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.656",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Poem (Masnavi)",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.656 is an illuminated and illustrated Safavid copy of a mystic poem (masnavi) entitled Sifat al-'ashiqin (Qualities of lovers) by Nur al-Din Hilali (died 936 AH/AD 1529-1530). It was written in Nasta'liq script by Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad al-Husayni in 978 AH/AD 1570-1571. The manuscript opens with a double-page illustrated frontispiece (fols. 1b-2a), followed by a double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 2b-3a). Borders throughout the codex are illuminated with floral and bird motifs. The lacquer binding is original to the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "978 AH/AD 1570-1571 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.656",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25.5,
            "height": 15
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 10 1/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (25.5 x 15 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper covered with lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
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        "19386"
    ],
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        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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