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{
    "localId": "668",
    "label": "Initial S with David Bathing in the Sea and God Blessing; Lion in Margins",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.111.132R"
}

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    "id": "668",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.111.132R",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Initial S with David Bathing in the Sea and God Blessing; Lion in Margins",
    "provenance": "[Made for Franciscan use in Cologne, late thirteenth century, Ripuarisch dialect points to Cologne region]; Augustinian nuns of St. Cecilia, Cologne, late 15th or 16th century [who added folios 1-23 and 261; Susanna Koull, 17th century [her name on front pastedown, Koull-Binsfelt family obituaries in calendar]; L.S. Olschki; Henry Walters, by purchase [L.S. Olschiki, no. 24].",
    "date": "late 13th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.111.132R",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Manuscripts & Rare Books",
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.111.132R_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.111.132R_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 12.9,
            "height": 9.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 5 1/16 × W: 3 13/16 in. (12.9 × 9.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Christian; German",
    "style": "Gothic",
    "med": "parchment with ink, paint and gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "MSS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "9f2cc0c341081669"
}