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{
    "localId": "81853",
    "label": "Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepieces",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.619.4B"
}

{
    "id": "81853",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.619.4B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Incipit Page with Illuminated Titlepieces",
    "description": "This illuminated incipit page from Walters manuscript W.619 bears 2 titles. In the main titlepiece is inscribed Kitab-i Gulistan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di, while Kitab-i Bustan-i Shaykh-i Sa'di appears in the triangular sidepiece.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "980 AH/AD 1572 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.619.4B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.619.4b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.619.4b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.619.4b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 32,
            "height": 21.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 12 5/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (32.0 x 21.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on paper with margins of multi-colored, gold-sprinkled tinted or marbled paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "8016",
        "15724"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "MSS",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.619.4b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6634f885e12230bd"
}