King's Pote 133 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Shāfīyah with commentary.

Author: Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar, 1175-1249 ابن الحاجب، عثمان بن عمر

Commentator: al-Jārabardī (d. 1345) الجاربردى

Title: al-Shāfīyah with commentary

Title: الشافية لابن الحاجب

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning work: A work on Arabic grammar.

References

Browne no. 783

Palmer no. 133

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.303;GAL I.305; GAL Supp. I.535

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 250 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 27 × 15 cm.

Dimensions (written): 21.5 × 9 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Extensive worm damage.

Layout

21 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: a note says this is a correct manuscript which has been approved by ʿulamāʾ (learned ones). The manuscript contains numerous marginal notes.

Marks of collation.

Binding

Dark plain leather, Indian style. Plain leather doublures. Dimensions: 26.5 × 14.3 × 3.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 283.

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

Arabic language--Grammar--Early works to 1800

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