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{
    "localId": "79970",
    "label": "Illuminated Colophon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.577.304B"
}

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    "id": "79970",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.577.304B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Illuminated Colophon",
    "description": "This final page of Walters manuscript W.577 has a signed and dated colophon written in Ijazah script. The colophon indicates that the text was copied by Muhammad ibn Mustafá in 1282 AHAD/ 1865-1866. It also indicates that this codex is the 21st copy made by this particular calligrapher.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.577.304B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.577.304b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.577.304b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.577.304b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 13,
            "height": 9
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Transliteration]  In Arabic",
        "vocalized: katabahu al-faqīru ilá Allāhi ta 'ālá /1/ Mubākshāhu ibn Qutbin ghafara Allāhu /2/ dhunūbahumā wa-satara 'uyūbahumā fī Sha'bāni /3/ sanata thalāth wa-'ishrīna wa-sab'a mi'atin /4/ hāmidan li-Llāhi ta'ālá 'alá ni'amihi wa-musalliyan /5/ 'alá nabīyihi Muhammadin wa-ālihi al-ghurari al-kirāmi /6/ al-tayyibīna al-tāhirīna wa-musalliman taslīman /7/"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on cream-colored paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16702"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.577.304b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ae8b6f0f84f55a86"
}