King's Pote 129 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Jām-i Jam (“Goblet of Jamshīd”).

Author: Awḥadī, Rukn al-dīn, 1271 or 2-1337 or 8 اوحدی، رکن الدین

Title: Jām-i Jam (“Goblet of Jamshīd”)

Title: جام جم

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 346

Palmer no. (correction: 129)

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.619 [BL Add. 7090]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.567, no. 785 [Bodl. Ouseley 119]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 150 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 19.8 × 10.7 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14.3 × 6.6 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Corrosion due to green ruling. Worm damage. Some repairs to the gutters of the end folios.

Layout

14 lines per page.

Ruled in green, gold, black, blue. Two columns. Some verses are written and ruled on the diagonal. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Elegant. Scribe: Anonymous.

Decoration

F.1v: high quality illuminated sarlauh. . Ff.1v-2r: interlinear gold and blue central column with floral design (with gold floral drawings in the margins). There are gold sprinkles on every folio (within the frame).

Additions:

Final folio: a large faint circular seal.

Binding

Dark brown leather, European style. White silk doublures. Decorations: Gold inlaid turanj with 4 pendants and a border of cartouches and corner pieces. Dimensions: 20.4 × 10.8 × 2.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 282.

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

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

Subjects

Persian poetry--747-1500

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