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{
    "localId": "81209",
    "label": "Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.665.2B"
}

{
    "id": "81209",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.665.2B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepiece",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript W.665 is an incipit page with illuminated titlepiece inscribed Tercümet ül-Vikaye in white ink on a gold ground with black arabesques surrounded by polychrome design. Illumination is present between the lines of text.",
    "provenance": "Abu al-Su'ud Muhammad [Abu al-Su'ud Efendi] (died 982 AH/AD 1574 ) [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [approbation (recommendation) note on fol. 2a in Arabic signed by Abu al-Su'ud Muhammad; erased seal underneath with the number 712; note on fol. 1a on right mentions that the work was submitted to Abu al-Su'ud al-haqir for approval (imza)]; 'Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [quotations from Khizanat al-adab probably by 'Abd al-Qadir al-Baghdadi dated 1180 AH/AD 1766-1777 and signed Rasmi]; Hasan Bey-zâde târîhi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [quotations from Khizanat al-adab probably by Hasan Bey-zâde târîhi dated 1180 AH/AD 1766-1777 and signed Tarikh-i Hasan Begzade]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century AH/AD 16th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.665.2B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.665.2b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.665.2b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.665.2b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 26,
            "height": 15.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 10 1/4 x W: 6 1/8 in. (26 x 15.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "ink and pigments on dark cream-colored laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18063"
    ],
    "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.665.2b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "64830acc24567e73"
}