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    "localId": "79974",
    "label": "Binding from Collection of Prayers for the Prophet Muhammad",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.583.binding"
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    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Collection of Prayers for the Prophet Muhammad",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.583 is bound in a reddish-brown goatskin binding with a flap. The binding has a central lobed medallion and four corner compartments with arabesque designs on a gold ground and decorative frames.",
    "provenance": "Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [book plate: no. 1155 LG]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase [from Leon Gruel]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)",
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            "width": 19,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 7 1/2 x W: 4 3/4 in. (19 x 12 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "reddish-brown goatskin with gold",
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