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

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Abdallah ibn al-Fadl

• Description

  Detached folio from an Arabic translation of De Materia Medica by Pedanius Dioscorides; text: Arabic in black naskh script, headings in red; recto: illustration and text, Physician and an ill man, one column, nine lines of text; verso: text, one column, thirteen lines; one of a group of nine folios.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Georges Demotte (1877-1923)

  Arthur Sambon (1867-1947)

  Tabbagh Frères

  Fredrik Robert Martin (1868-1933)

  Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

• Provenance

  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.

• Origin

  Baghdad, Iraq

• Credit Line

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

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  900s, 800s, 700s, 1100s, 1200s, 1000s

• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Tabbagh Frères, Abdallah ibn al-Fadl, Demotte, Georges, Sambon, Arthur, Vever, Henri, Martin, Fredrik Robert

• Place

  Baghdad

• Topic

  Medicine, Art, Henri Vever collection, De Materia Medica, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids, Iraqis

• Object Type

  Manuscripts