Folio from a Majma' al-tavarikh (Compendium of chronicles) by Hafiz-i Abru (died 1430); recto: Jesus and Sam; verso: text

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Majma' al-tavarikh (Compendium of chronicles) by Hafiz-i Abru; text: Persian in black and red naskh script; recto: illustration and text: Jesus and Sam, nineteen lines; verso: text: standard page, thirty-two lines; one of a group of two folios. To at least 1935 Emile Tabbagh, Paris, France. [1] 1935 Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 20-21, 1935, no. 144. [2] From 1935 to 1942 Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased at the Sale, Paris, Ho^tel Drouot, Collection de Monsieur Emile Tabbagh, May 21, 1935. [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] The object was in the collection of Emile Tabbagh of New York and Paris, France by 1935 when it was published in the auction catalogue, Collection de M. Emile Tabbagh: Art Oriental. Paris, May 20-21, 1935. 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. 403. [2] See note 1. [3] See note 1. See also Glenn D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, 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. 35. [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. Arthur M. Sackler Collection Henri Vever (1854-1942) Hotel Drouot Emile Tabbagh (1879-80-1933) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)