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    "localId": "78052",
    "label": "First Half of a Map of the World",
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    "id": "78052",
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    "contentType": "object",
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    "title": "First Half of a Map of the World",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript W.593 contains the 1st half of a map of the world.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [ex libris on upper board inside]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century AH/AD 16th century",
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    "source": "import",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 1/2 in. (36.1 x 24.1 cm)"
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