- Provenance
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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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Tabbagh Frères
Henri Vever 1854-1942
Arthur Sambon 1867-1947
Fredrik Robert Martin 1868-1933
Georges Demotte 1877-1923
Francois Mautin 1907-2003
- Description
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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.
- Published References
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- Fredrik Robert Martin. The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India, and Turkey from the 8th to the 18th Century. 2 vols., London. vol. 2: pl. 6.
- Thomas W. Lentz. Pictures for the Islamic Book: Persian and Indian Painting in the Vever Collection. vol. 1, no. 4 New York, Fall 1988. pp. 13-4, 28, fig. 2.
- H. Buchtal. Early Islamic Miniatures from Baghdad. vol. 5 Baltimore. no. 24, pp. 27-28, 30, fig. 26.
- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 65, p. 55, 57.
- 1001 Cures, Contributions in Medicine & Healthcare from Muslim Civilisation. Manchester, United Kingdom. p. 59.
- Glenn D. Lowry, Susan Nemanzee. A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 5, pp. 72-73.
- Romance and Reason: Islamic Transformations of the Classical Past. Exh. cat. New York. p. 73, fig. 4-8.
- Henry Corbin, Paul Pelliot, Eustache de Lorey. Les Arts de l'Iran, l'ancienne Perse, et Bagdad. Paris. cat. 10.2, p. 129.
- L'Age d'or des sciences arabes: Exposition présentée a l'Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 25 octobre 2005-19 mars 2006. Exh. cat. Arles and Paris. cat. 89, p. 165.
- Ernst Grube. Materialien zum Dioskurides Arabicus. p. 177.
- Ciba Symposia. vol. 6, nos. 5-6 Summit, New Jersey, August/September 1944. p. 1851.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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