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    "localId": "80122",
    "label": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.562.binding"
}

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    "id": "80122",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.562.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "description": "This binding from Walters manuscript W.562 is not contemporary with the text block. It probably dates to the 11th century AH/AD 17th and is composed of black goatskin (with a flap). The binding has a central blind-tooled lobed oval with a floral motif and pastedowns of marbled paper.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "11th century AH/AD 17th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.562.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.562.binding_ClsdTop_DD_300.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.562.binding_ClsdTop_DD_300.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 38,
            "height": 28
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 14 15/16 x W: 11 in. (38 x 28 cm)"
}

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    "med": "black goatskin with marbled paper pastedowns",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17248"
    ],
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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