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{
    "localId": "79987",
    "label": "Colophon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.586.242B"
}

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    "id": "79987",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.586.242B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Colophon",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript W.586 contains a colophon that gives a short title of the work, the name of the scribe, and the date of copying.",
    "provenance": "al-Sayyid Abu Bakr al-Hilmi, 1281(?) AH/AD 1864-1865 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression with the name and date on fol. 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1191 AH/AD 1777 (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.586.242B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.586.242B_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.586.242B_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18,
            "height": 10.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/8 in. (18 x 10.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Transliteration] katabahu 'abd min 'ibād Allāh 'azza wa-jalla wa-anā al-faqīr al-haqīr /1/ al-mudhnib al-dhalīl al-da'īf Salīm al-Rashīd /2/ ghafara Allāh dhunūbahu wa satara 'uyūbahu Allhumma /3/ ihfaz li-sāhibih wa-kātibih wa-qāri'ih /4/ wa-li-man nazara fīhi min al-afāt wa-al-'ilal āmīna /5/ yā rabb al-'ālamīn qad tamma al-farāgh min tahrīr /6/ h<ā>dhihi [sic] al-Shifā' al-sharīf li-sittat /7/ 'ashar min shahr Shawwāl al-mubārak /8/ ba'da al-zuhr min yawm al-ahad /9/ li-sanat ihdá wa-tis'īn /10/ wa-mi'ah wa-alf min hijrah /11/ man lahu al-sa'ādah /12/ wa-al-'izz wa-al-majd / 13/ wa-al-sharaf /14/",
    "dynasty": "Ottoman Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "15709",
        "15710"
    ],
    "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.586.242B_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5b0efdd8b5eb3280"
}