{"data": {"id": 127472, "accession_number": "1950.154", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Leaf from a Greek Psalter and New Testament, 1084. Byzantium, Constantinople. Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum; sheet: 16.3 x 10.9 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); framed: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); matted: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1950.154", "current_location": null, "title": "Leaf from a Greek Psalter and New Testament", "creation_date": "1084", "creation_date_earliest": 1079, "creation_date_latest": 1089, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Byzantium, Constantinople"], "technique": "ink, tempera, and gold on vellum", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Byzantine", "type": "Manuscript", "measurements": "Sheet: 16.3 x 10.9 cm (6 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.); Framed: 44.5 x 34.3 cm (17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.)", "dimensions": {"sheet": {"height": 0.163, "height_inch": 6, "height_inch_fraction": 0.4375, "width": 0.109, "width_inch": 4, "width_inch_fraction": 0.3125}, "framed": {"height": 0.445, "height_inch": 17, "height_inch_fraction": 0.5, "width": 0.343, "width_inch": 13, "width_inch_fraction": 0.5}, "matted": {"height": 0.406, "height_inch": 16, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0, "width": 0.305, "width_inch": 12, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 700123, "title": "Liturgical Arts", "description": "<i>Liturgical Arts</i>. 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