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    "localId": "80995",
    "label": "Binding from an Album of Ottoman Calligraphy",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.672.binding"
}

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    "id": "80995",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.672.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from an Album of Ottoman Calligraphy",
    "description": "This sheepskin-covered binding, with central lobed medallion and central pane filled with chamois leather, was produced in Ottoman Turkey and probably dates to the 12th century AH/AD 18th.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "12th century AH/AD 18th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.672.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.672.binding_ClsdTop_DD_UpperBoardOutside.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.672.binding_ClsdTop_DD_UpperBoardOutside.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 30,
            "height": 23
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 1/16 in. (30 x 23 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "sheepskin-covered boards with gold and chamois leather",
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    ],
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    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.672.binding_ClsdBot_DD_LowerBoardOutside.jpg",
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