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{
    "localId": "81309",
    "label": "Binding from Epic of Timur",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.648.binding"
}

{
    "id": "81309",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.648.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Epic of Timur",
    "description": "This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.648 is attributable to the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The binding is composed of green leather and has no flap. It has a blind-stamped central oval and pendants and the inner boards are lined with ikat textile.",
    "provenance": "al-'abd Yar … (?) ibn Aq Muhammad, 1019 AH/AD 1610-1611 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 166a]; Anonymous owner, Rajab 1269 AH/AD 1853 [mode of acquisition unknown] [seal impression on fol. 4a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.648.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.648.binding_Bot_DD_lowerboardoutside.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.648.binding_Bot_DD_lowerboardoutside.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.648.binding_Bot_DD_lowerboardoutside.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23.5,
            "height": 14
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 1/2 in. (23.5 x 14 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "green leather with ikat textile",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6768"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "MSS",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.648.binding_Int_DD_upperboardinside.jpg",
    "mediaId": "95d68d917e863214"
}