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{
    "localId": "79955",
    "label": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.559.binding"
}

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    "id": "79955",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.559.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Qur'an",
    "description": "Walters manuscript W.559 is bound in a non-contemporary binding that probably dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. It is composed of black goatskin (with a flap), and has a gold-tooled central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces decorated with a floral and vine motif. The binding also has a gold-tooled frame, and doublures of brown leather with a lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces, all with filigree decoration on a dark blue ground.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century AH/AD 16th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.559.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.559.binding_ClsdTopVwA_DD_300.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.559.binding_ClsdTopVwA_DD_300.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.559.binding_ClsdTopVwA_DD_300.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18.5,
            "height": 13.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 7 5/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (18.5 x 13.5 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "black goatskin decorated with gold and brown leather doublures",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17248"
    ],
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        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.559.binding_TopInt_DD_300.jpg",
    "mediaId": "a63d1387ff8750f1"
}