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    "localId": "83121",
    "label": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.743.binding"
}

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    "id": "83121",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.743.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "description": "This original black leather binding from Walters manuscript W.743 has no flap. The binding is decorated wtih gold-painted borders and a floral design as a centerpiece.",
    "provenance": "Robert L. Fox [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by gift.",
    "date": "1269 AH/AD 1853 (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.743.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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    ],
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    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 16,
            "height": 11
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 6 5/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "black leather with gold",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "ISL",
        "MSS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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