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{
    "localId": "80120",
    "label": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.552.binding"
}

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    "id": "80120",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.552.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "description": "This binding from Walters manuscript W.552 is not contemporary with the textblock. It probably dates to the 13th century AH/AD 19th or later. It is composed of green goatskin with a flap, and has a gold-painted central floral design and cornerpieces. The endpapers are of green textured paper.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.552.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.552.binding_TopExt_DD_Slipcase%20upper%20board.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.552.binding_TopExt_DD_Slipcase%20upper%20board.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.552.binding_TopExt_DD_Slipcase%20upper%20board.jpg",
    "imageCount": 5,
    "pageCount": 5,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 13.5,
            "height": 21
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 5 5/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)"
}

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    "med": "green goatskin",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17248"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.552.binding_BotExt_DD_Lower board outside flap open.jpg",
    "mediaId": "ac169ddbedb1f3ff"
}