King's Pote 171 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Dīvān Kamāl al-dīn Ismaʿīl Iṣfahānī.

Author: Kamāl al-dīn Ismāʿīl Iṣfahānī, c. 1172-1237 كمال الدين اسماعيل اصفهانى، ت 635 هـ

Title: Dīvān Kamāl al-dīn Ismaʿīl Iṣfahānī

Title: ديوان كمال الدين اسمعيل اصفهانى

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 602

Palmer no. 171

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.580b [BL Or. 473]

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 V.2 p.352

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 350 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 25.8 × 14.3 cm.

Dimensions (written): 19.6 × 9.3 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Ff.1v-2r: ruled in gold, green, gold and blue. Remainder ruled in double red with a blue outer. Red rubrications. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.

Decoration

F.1v: an illuminated sarlauh in gold and blue with flowers and lighter blue cloud islimi.

Additions:

F.1r: the seal of Polier and another smeared seal on the reverse of the original textblock. A smeared seal alongside the colophon.

Binding

Plain dark brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 26.6 × 14.6 × 5.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 402.

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

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