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{
    "localId": "84234",
    "label": "Specimen of Calligraphy Written in Nasta'liq Script",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.687.B"
}

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    "id": "84234",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.687.B",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Specimen of Calligraphy Written in Nasta'liq Script",
    "description": "This specimen of calligraphy from Walters manuscript leaf W.687 is signed (mashaqahu) by Hasan Shamlu in the lower left corner of the composition. The salmon-colored border is illuminated with floral and animal motifs.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "early 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Safavid)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.687.B",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.687.b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.687.b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.687.b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 36.5,
            "height": 24
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 14 3/8 x W: 9 7/16 in. (36.5 x 24 cm); Image 1 H: 3 7/8 x W: 2 9/16 in. (9.9 x 6.5 cm); Image 2 H: 3 3/4 x W: 3 9/16 in. (9.5 x 9 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Safavid Dynasty",
    "med": "paper with ink, paint, and gold mounted on pasteboard",
    "creator_ids": [
        "19418",
        "6741"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.687.b_Fp_DD.jpg",
    "mediaId": "eac420ff3318d125"
}