King's Pote 142 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Ḥikmat al-ʿAyn (gloss on a commentary).

Author: Qazwīnī, ʿAbd al-Ghaffār ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, d. 1266 or 7 قزويني، عبد الغفار بن عبد الكريم

Commentator: Anonymous

Glossator: Mīrzā Jān, Ḥabīb Allāh, d. 1586? ميرزا جان، حبيب الله

Title: Ḥikmat al-ʿAyn (gloss on a commentary)

Title: Ḥāshiya-i Mullā Mīrzā Jān bar Ḥikmat al-ʿAyn

Title: حاشية على شرح حكمة العين

Title: حاشيهء ملا ميرزا جان بر حكمة العين

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 411

Palmer no. 142

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.466; GAL Supp. I.847

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 120 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 19.2 × 12.8 cm.

Dimensions (written): 14 × 9 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Condition

Water damage.

Layout

23 lines per page.

Not ruled. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: plain. Quality: Nondescript. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

F.1r: the circular seal of Luṭf Allāh murīd pādshāh ʿĀlamgīr (1073?). Numerous marginal notes in multiple hands.

Signs of collation.

Binding

Brown plain leather, European style. Doublures: plain paper (watermarks: "G.R." and "C. TAYLOR"). Dimensions: 20 × 13.5 × 2 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 315.

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

Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800

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