King's Pote 147 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kashshāf.

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

Commentator: Jārabardī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥusayn, d. 1346 جاربردي، احمد بن الحسين

Glossator: Khiyālī خيالى

Title: Kashshāf

Title: Ḥāshiya-i Khiyālī

Title: كشاف الزمخشرى

Title: حاشيهء خيالى

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Monday 15 Ṣafar year 41 of Aurangzeb 1109 / 13 Sep 1697 Scribe: Shaykh Ḥāmid ibn Shaykh Maḥmūd شيخ حامد بن شيخ محمود .

Colophon further notes: The date 1108 in the colophon seems to be a scribal conversion error. The scribe names himself as the owner.

References

Browne no. 1037

Palmer no. 147

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. 150 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 21.5 × 12.3 cm.

Dimensions (written): 10 × 6 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

11 lines per page.

Not ruled. Red rubrications.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Poor. Scribe: Shaykh Ḥāmid ibn Shaykh Maḥmūd شيخ حامد بن شيخ محمود.

Additions:

Numerous marginal and interlinear notes.

Signs of collation.

Binding

Reddish brown leather, Indian style. Plain leather doublures. Decorations: Gold inlaid turanj, two pendants. Silver painted frame. Dimensions: 22 × 12.5 × 2.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 316.

History

Origin: Monday 15 Ṣafar year 41 of Aurangzeb 1109 AH; 13 Sep 1697 CE

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