King's Pote 140 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kashshāf, with glosses.

Author: Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar, 1075-1144 الزمخشري، محمود بن عمر

Glossator: Taftāzānī, Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar, 1322-1389? تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر

Title: Kashshāf, with glosses

Title: كشاف الزمخشرى

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: Incomplete so there is no colophon (the text terminates in the middle of surat al-zumar ).

References

Browne no. 1035

Palmer no. 140

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.290; GAL Supp. I.507

Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens, C. Rieu (1846-1871) p.62 no.64 [BL Add. 7235 Rich.]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 250 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 25.7 × 16 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19 × 11 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Worm damage.

Layout

23 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubricated in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh. Quality: Neat. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: seal (ʿIbād Allāh, 1188).

Signs of collation.

Binding

Plain reddish leather, Indian style. Yellow paper doublures. Decorations: The spine is embossed: "HASCHIAT AL KESCHAF BY KOTBEDDIN AL SCHIRAZI". Dimensions: 26 × 15.5 × 4 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 311.

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