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{
    "localId": "81154",
    "label": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.569.binding"
}

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    "id": "81154",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.569.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "description": "This black leather (with a flap) from Walters manuscript W.569 is not contemporary with the textblock. The upper board has a central piece in the form of a diamond with pendants on four sides. The inner boards, with traditional dentelle decoration, feature text from the \"verse of the throne\" (ayat al-kursi), 2:255-6, inscribed in the outer frame.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "n.d.",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.569.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.569.binding_BotExtOpn_DD_Lower%20board%20outside%20flap%20open.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 38.5,
            "height": 25.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 15 3/16 x W: 10 1/16 in. (38.5 x 25.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "black leather",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.569.binding_BotIntOpn_DD_Lower board inside flap open.jpg",
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}