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    "localId": "79995",
    "label": "Binding from One Hundred Sayings",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.615.binding"
}

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    "id": "79995",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.615.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from One Hundred Sayings",
    "description": "This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.615 may date to the 9th or 10th century AH/AD 15th or 16th. The binding is dark brown goatskin (with a flap) and has a central lobed oval and pendants brushed with gold. The red leather doublures are decorated with filigree and a central lobed oval. The binding has a half-oval for the flap.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "9th century AH/AD 15th century-10th century AH/AD 16th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.615.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
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    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 21,
            "height": 14.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 11/16 in. (21 x 14.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Islamic",
    "med": "dark brown goatskin with gold",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6747"
    ],
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        "MIS",
        "ISL",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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