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{
    "localId": "81152",
    "label": "Leaf from Qur'an: Right Side of a Double-page Table of Divination (Bibliomancy or tafa'ul)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.569.332B"
}

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    "id": "81152",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.569.332B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Leaf from Qur'an: Right Side of a Double-page Table of Divination (Bibliomancy or tafa'ul)",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript W.569 contains the right side of a table of divination (bibliomancy or tafa'ul) executed in Arabic in Tawqi' script and in Persian in Nasta'liq script. The top inscription reads: fi al-tafa",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "17th century (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.569.332B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.569.332b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.569.332b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 38.5,
            "height": 25.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 15 3/16 x W: 10 1/16 in. (38.5 x 25.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and paint on thick cream-colored, gold-flecked paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "186"
    ]
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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}