Label:FS-6788_08
Title:Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: A physician treats a blindfolded man; verso: text
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W (overall): 33.1 x 24.3 cm (13 1/16 x 9 9/16 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Henri Vever (1854-1942), Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933), Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)
Provenance:Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933) [1], To 1912, Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, France. [2], From 1912 to 1942, Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Demotte, Paris, France on November 30, 1912. [3], From 1942 to 1986, Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [4], From 1986, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [5], Notes:, [1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 401., [2] See note 1., [3] See Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 232., [4] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office., [5] See note 4.
Origin:Probably Baghdad, Iraq
Credit Line:Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler
Date:1224 (621 A.H.)
Period:Abbasid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Abbasid period (750 - 1258), medicine, De Materia Medica, Iraq, Arts of the Islamic World, Henri Vever collection
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution