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{
    "localId": "81483",
    "label": "Illuminated Text Page",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.651.4B"
}

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    "id": "81483",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.651.4B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Illuminated Text Page",
    "description": "This text page from Walters manuscript W.651 is written in Nasta\"liq script on orange tinted paper by the calligrapher Muhammad Zaman al-Tabrizi in 998 AH/AD 1589-1590 in Safavid Iran. The bluish-green borders are illuminated in an early Safavid style.",
    "provenance": "Mahmud Askani, 1893-1894, by purchase [ownership statement on fol. 6b written by Husayn Qavam Daftar (?) and dated 1311 AH/AD 1893-1894 stating that this precious book was bought for his son Mahmud Askani from a woman for 10 ashrafis (gold dinars)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "998 AH/AD 1589-1590 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.651.4B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.651.4b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.651.4b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17.5,
            "height": 11
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 11.0 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on orange-tinted paper with bluish-green borders",
    "creator_ids": [
        "18666",
        "15674"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "MSS",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "755740f541f24677"
}