King's Pote 10 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kitāb al-Ḍawʾ fī Sharḥ al-Miṣbāḥ fī ʿilm al-Naḥw.Title: Anwār Sharḥ MiṣbāḥTitle: انوار شرح مصباحLanguage(s): ArabicColophon details: Place: Ajmīr, India Date: Undated Scribe: Khwājā Bakhsh خواجه بخش .
Colophon further notes: 17 Ṣafar. No year is provided.
Note concerning manuscript: Browne found this to be a very poor copy.
References
Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.293;GAL I.297; GAL Supp. I.514Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens, C. Rieu (1846-1871) p.463 no.1000 [BL Add. 22756/3]Supplement to the catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the British Museum, C. Rieu (1894) p.604 no.932 [BL Or. 1177]Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: c. 110 Folios.Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 15.5 cm.Dimensions (written): 16 × 9 cm.Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.Layout
15 lines per page.
Not ruled. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: naskh. Quality: (central sections in poor nastaʿlīq ). Scribe: Khwājā Bakhsh خواجه بخش.
Additions:Collated (marks of ṣaḥḥa ).
Binding
Marbled paper on suede, European style. Plain European paper doublures (lower doublure has watermark: a circular design with crown - possibly that of C. Taylor ). Dimensions: 20.4 × 15.8 × 1.5 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 39.
History
Origin: Ajmīr, India Undated.Provenance and Acquisition
The "Pote Collection" arrived in England from India in 1790 and was divided between the Colleges of Eton and King's, Cambridge, with the first half alphabetically going to King's. Both halves of the collection are now housed in Cambridge University Library on permanent loan. Most if not all of the manuscripts had previously been owned by Colonel Antoine-Louis Henri Polier (1741–1795).
Gift of Edward Ephraim Pote (d.1832) in 1788.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne, "A supplementary hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge", Cambridge, 1922 and E. H. Palmer, "Catalogue of the oriental manuscripts in the library of King's College, Cambridge", J.R.A.S. v.3 (1867), pp.105-131 enhanced with additional descriptions and corrections by Shiva Mihan.Availability
All manuscripts of the Pote Collection are on permanent loan at Cambridge University Library. Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures consult Cambridge University Library. Contact near_eastern@lib.cam.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript
Funding of Cataloguing
King's College Cambridge
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