Label:FS-7430_27
Title:Folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Dioscorides (ca. 40-90 C.E.); verso: Two men obtaining clay for medical use; recto: text
Medium:Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions:H x W: 33.1 x 24.6 cm (13 1/16 x 9 11/16 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933), H. Sevadjian
Provenance:Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933) [1], To 1932, H. Sevadjian, Paris to 1932 [2], From 1932, Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from H. Sevadjian, Paris in 1932 through K. Minassian [3], Notes:, [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Martin, F.R. The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey, London, 1912; vol. I., [2] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office., [3] See note 2.
Origin:Probably Baghdad, Iraq
Credit Line:Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Date:1224 (621 A.H.)
Period:Abbasid period
Type:Manuscript
Topic:Abbasid period (750 - 1258), medicine, man, De Materia Medica, naskh script, Iraq, Arts of the Islamic World
Attribution:Smithsonian Institution
