Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: Physician and an ill man; verso: text

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Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); recto: Physician and an ill man; verso: text

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

H x W (overall): 33 x 25.6 cm (13 x 10 1/16 in)

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Georges Demotte (1877-1923)

Arthur Sambon (1867-1947)

Tabbagh Frères

Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933)

Francois Mautin (1907 - 2003)

Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933). [1]

Tabbagh Frères, Paris, France. [2]

Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Paris, France. [3]

To 1912

Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, France. [4]

From 1912 to 1942

Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Demotte, Paris, France on November 30, 1912. [5]

From 1942 to 1986

Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [6]

From 1986

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [7]

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 note 1.

[4] 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.

[5] See note 4.

[6] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.

[7] See note 6.

Baghdad, Iraq

Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

1224 (621 A.H.)

Abbasid period

Manuscript

Abbasid period (750 - 1258)

medicine

De Materia Medica

Iraq

Arts of the Islamic World

Henri Vever collection

Smithsonian Institution