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{
    "localId": "79996",
    "label": "Illuminated Incipit Page with Titlepiece",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.615.1B"
}

{
    "id": "79996",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.615.1B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Illuminated Incipit Page with Titlepiece",
    "description": "This opening decorated page from Walters manuscript W.615 has an illuminated headpiece with the title of the work in Tawqi script executed in white ink on a gold background. The text begins with the doxological formula (basmalah) in black Muhaqqaq script outlined in gold, followed by two Persian verses in black Naskh script. Following is an Arabic line written in gold Thuluth script outlined in black. The Arabic text is again followed by two Persian verses inscribed in black Naskh.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "9th century AH/AD 15th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.615.1B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.615.1B_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.615.1B_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.615.1B_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 21,
            "height": 14.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (21 x 14.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "ink and pigments on cream, gold-flecked laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16711",
        "16703"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MIS",
        "MSS",
        "ISL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.615.1B_Fp_DD_300.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d8b240e07b613df2"
}