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{
    "localId": "81464",
    "label": "Binding from Yusuf and Zulaykha",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.646.binding"
}

{
    "id": "81464",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.646.binding",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Binding from Yusuf and Zulaykha",
    "description": "This non-original binding from Walters manuscript W.646 possibly dates to the13th century AH/AD 19th. The binding is composed of lacquer and  has no flap. It is decorated with a floral design covering the whole surface of the boards, including the central ovals and pendants.",
    "provenance": "Muhammad Vali Mirza [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [fol.1a: Muhammad Vali Mirza]; Court librarian Mirza Baba, 1821 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown] [acquisition note on fol. 1a: made in Dar al-'Ibadah Yazd, dated Ramadan 1236 AH/AD 1821 and signed by the court librarian Mirza Baba; underneath a seal: 'Abduh Jahangir, 118[0](?) AH/AD 1766-1767]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "13th century AH/AD 19th century (?)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/W.646.binding",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "bindings"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.646.binding_BotInt_DD_Lowerboardinside.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.646.binding_BotInt_DD_Lowerboardinside.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CPS_W.646.binding_BotInt_DD_Lowerboardinside.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 22,
            "height": 13.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Folio H: 8 11/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (22.0 x 13.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "boards covered with lacquer",
    "creator_ids": [
        "17248"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "MSS",
        "MIS"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CPS_W.646.binding_TopInt_DD_Upperboardinside.jpg",
    "mediaId": "bfa244e63892e88f"
}