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    "localId": "80584",
    "label": "The Martyrdom of Saint Zotikos",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.521.50V"
}

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    "id": "80584",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.521.50V",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "The Martyrdom of Saint Zotikos",
    "description": "This folio shows the martyrdom of Saint Zotikos, a priest in the city of Constantinople who dedicated himself to helping the sick. Although he enjoyed the favor of the emperor Constantine I (r. 306-337), Zotikos drew the enmity of Constantine's son and successor, Constantius II (r. 337-361) who had the pries killed by being dragged behind mules. According to legend, Zotikos saved hundreds of lepers who had been condemned to die in order to avoid contamination.",
    "provenance": "Library of the Greek Patriarchate, Alexandria (no. 32/33) [known to have been there in 1895 and 1901, but reported lost by 1914]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase [probably from Leon Gruel, Paris]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1025-1050 (Byzantine)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.521.50V",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_W.521.50V_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_W.521.50V_Fnt_DD_T10.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 30,
            "height": 23.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 1/8 in. (30 x 23.1 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Byzantine",
    "med": "ink and pigments on very high quality parchment",
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "446"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_W.521.50V_DetA_DD_T09.jpg",
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}