King's Pote 117 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kitāb Uqlīdus (Arabic translation of Euclid).

Author: (probably) Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1201-1274 نصير الدين طوسي، محمد بن محمد،597-672 هـ

Title: Kitāb Uqlīdus (Arabic translation of Euclid)

Title: كتاب اقليدس

Title: تحرير اقليدس

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: F.176v: the colophon indicates the date of composition: 22 Shaʿbān 646 (1248).

Note concerning manuscript: Three pages at the end: a table of contents with page numbers.

References

Browne no. 1011

Palmer no. (correction: 117)

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.510; GAL Supp. I.929

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 178 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 18 × 11.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 12 × 7 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Condition

Worming.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

Numerous diagrams in red and black, neatly executed. Many marginal notes in different hands.

Signs of collation.

Binding

Marbled paper on suede with suede corners and spine, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked: circle with crown and "C. TAYLOR"). Dimensions: 18.3 × 12 × 2.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 197.

History

Origin: 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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World