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    "localId": "83589",
    "label": "Colophon",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.605.314A"
}

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    "id": "83589",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.605.314A",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Colophon",
    "description": "This folio from Walters manuscript W.605 contains the 4th of 5 colophons in Arabic giving the names of the scribe, illuminator, and bookbinder. This colophon is written in gold Tawqi' script below the frame, and reads: katabahu wa-tazayyanahu wa-tajalladahu 'alá yad al-faqir al-haqir Jamal al-Din Muhammad ak-Siddiqi al-Isfahani.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "892 AH/AD 1486-900 AH/AD 1494-1495 (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.605.314A",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.605.314a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.605.314a_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 23,
            "height": 16
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 1/16 x W: 6 5/16 in. (23 x 16 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "inscriptions": "[Transliteration] katabahu wa-tazayyanahu wa-tajalladahu 'alá yad al-faqīr al-haqīr Jamāl al-Dīn Muhammad ak-Siddīqī al-Isfahānī",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7689",
        "15721",
        "15722"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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