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{
    "localId": "80967",
    "label": "Illuminated Colophon with Two Goats in Combat",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.653.32A"
}

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    "id": "80967",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.653.32A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Illuminated Colophon with Two Goats in Combat",
    "description": "This colophon from Walters manuscript W.653 appears to have been partially erased, with only the following clearly legible: fi shar-i Muharram al-haram 115 (in the month of holy Muharram 1105 AH/AD 1693).",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1105 AH/AD 1693 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.653.32A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.653.32a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.653.32a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18,
            "height": 10
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 7 1/16 x W: 3 15/16 in. (18 x 10 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic; Persian",
    "inscriptions": "[Transliteration] fī shar-i Muharram al-harām /1/ 115 /2/; [Translation] In the month of holy Muharram",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on colored and marbled paper with stenciled, painted, and illuminated designs",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "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.653.32a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "137484272af4a7a8"
}