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    "localId": "79632",
    "label": "Binding from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.582.binding"
}

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    "id": "79632",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.582.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad",
    "description": "This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.582 probably dates to the later 12th century AH/AD 18th, contemporary with the inlaid margins. The binding is composed of  red goatskin and has a flap. The binding has a central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces, and doublures of black leather with central lobed oval and pendants brushed with gold.",
    "provenance": "[Two erased large seals on folio 1a]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "12th century AH/AD 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.582.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 25.5,
            "height": 16.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)"
}

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    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "red goatskin with gold with black leather doublures",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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