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{
    "localId": "92115",
    "label": "Leaf from Aussem Hours: Prayer to the Three Magi, Foliate Initial \"\"A\"\" with Illusionistic Text and Jewels in Margins",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.437.104R"
}

{
    "id": "92115",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.437.104R",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Leaf from Aussem Hours: Prayer to the Three Magi, Foliate Initial \"\"A\"\" with Illusionistic Text and Jewels in Margins",
    "description": "This illuminated page comes from a sixteenth-century book of hours. The manuscript was made for the Aussem family in Cologne, Germany, a provenance proclaimed through family heraldry within the manuscript, as well as the arms of Cologne stamped on its original leather binding. Lavishly illuminated throughout with full-page miniatures and historiated initials, the manuscript is just as notable for the marginal decorations that surround the figurative scenes. Illusionistic jewelry, architecture, texts, flowers, and insects abound.",
    "provenance": "Aussem family, Cologne, early sixteenth century [1]; Marshall C. Lefferts Collection, New York, before 1901; purchased by George H. Richmond collection, New York, 1901. Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] fol. 58v coat of arms, fol. 82v kneeling donor",
    "date": "Early 16th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.437.104R",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts",
        "folios (leaves)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/W437_000209_300.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/W437_000209_300.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/W437_000209_300.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 16.5,
            "height": 12.1
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 1/2 × W: 4 3/4 in. (16.5 × 12.1 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Christian; German",
    "med": "ink and pigments on medium-weight, cream-colored parchment, well finished",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6211"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MSS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/W437_000209_300.jpg",
    "mediaId": "0e98de0b97b93313"
}