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    "localId": "9336",
    "label": "Qur'an",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.575"
}

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    "id": "9336",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.575",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Qur'an",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.575 is a small, illuminated single-volume copy of Qur'an that was produced in Iran in the 13th century AH/AD 19th. The manuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipit with the verses of chapter 1 (Surat al-fatihah) and the initial verses of chapter 2 (Surat al-baqarah) decorated with interlinear illumination and framed by a polychrome border and headpieces of floral design on a blue ground (fols. 2b-3a). The text is written in a vocalized Naskh script in black with reading marks in red and text divisions of 60 verses (hizb), 30 verses (juz'), and nisf al-juz' inscribed in red in the margins. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses. Chapter headings are in red or blue Riqa' script on a gold background. The 19th-century lacquer binding with floral composition on a red field is contemporary with the manuscript.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century (Qajar)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.575",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "illuminated manuscripts"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.575.binding_Fnt_DD_spine.jpg",
    "imageCount": 8,
    "pageCount": 8,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 9.5,
            "height": 6.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 3 3/4 x W: 2 9/16 in. (9.5 x 6.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "dynasty": "Qajar Dynasty",
    "RelatedObjects": [
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        "82702",
        "81675",
        "81674",
        "81402",
        "81401",
        "22528"
    ],
    "med": "ink and pigments on laid paper covered with lacquer with marbled paper",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "579"
    ]
}

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