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    "localId": "77625",
    "label": "Illuminated Text Page with Seal",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.579.3A"
}

{
    "id": "77625",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.579.3A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Illuminated Text Page with Seal",
    "description": "This text page from Walters manuscript W.579 is defined by the use of alternating black Naskh and gold Thuluth. The Naskh panels are flanked by illuminated medallions with a gold-tooled outline. The gold Thuluth lines are set apart by outlines resembling clouds. Illuminated rosettes serve as verse markers. The stamp in the left margin is the personal seal of the Vizier 'Ali Pasha, who gave the manuscript to an educational charity in 1130 AH/AD 1717.",
    "provenance": "Vizier al-Shahid 'Ali Pasha, ca. 1130 AH/AD 1717 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [waqf-seal impression of the Vizier dated 1130 AH/AD 1717 with the original shelf mark 1414 on fols. 2a, 2b, and 3a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "941 AH/AD 1534",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.579.3A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.579.3A_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.579.3A_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.579.3A_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23.5,
            "height": 16.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15670",
        "15670",
        "16703"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "186",
        "2713"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.579.3A_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ecf817f65ed49e59"
}