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    "localId": "22176",
    "label": "Initial U",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.809.3V"
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    "id": "22176",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.809.3V",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Initial U",
    "provenance": "Paris (?), ca. 1180; F. Fermy [mode of acquisition unknown], 16th or 17th century ('F. Fermy' added in left lower margin on fol. 100v, in brown ink); Sir Thomas Phillipps, second half of 19th century, [mode of acquisition unknown] Ms. 22241; Sir Thomas Phillips Sale, London, Sotheby's, June 6, 1898, lot 107; Michael Tomkinson of Franche Hall, Kidderminster, June 6, 1898, by purchase;  C. W. Dyson Perrins, 1911 (his bookplate on front pastedown, \"\"Perrins 100,\"\" stamped on back pastedown), by purchase; C. W. Dyson Perrins Sale, London, Sotheby's (part 2), December 1, 1959, lot 54, [Pl. 3, fols. 1, 70, 125, 164]; Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, December 1, 1959, by purchase; English private collector [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, ca. 1982, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by purchase.",
    "date": "ca. 1180",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.809.3V",
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    "language": "en",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
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            "units": "cm",
            "width": 36,
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        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 7/16 in. (36 x 24 cm)"
}

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