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    "localId": "82675",
    "label": "Text Page with Chapter Heading for Chapter 19",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.853.2.2B"
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    "id": "82675",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.853.2.2B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Text Page with Chapter Heading for Chapter 19",
    "description": "This text page from Walters manuscript W.853.2 has the chapter heading for chapter 19 (Surat Maryam) written in reddish brown ink, indicating title, number of verses, and place of revelation as Mecca.",
    "provenance": "Present in England, before 1974 [1]. Henry Brownrigg, London, 1980s [2]; purchased by Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, 1980s [3]; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 2000.[1] According to Sam Fogg[2] Dealer who sold at Portobello Road Market in London[3] Sam Fogg, \"\"Islamic Manuscripts\"\", 2000, no. 22, pp. 56-57",
    "date": "19th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.853.2.2B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 11,
            "height": 11
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 4 5/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (11 x 11 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "ink and pigments on cream European laid paper (probably Italian)",
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    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
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