King's Pote 182 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Dānish-ārāy.

Author: Shivanāth شوناث

Title: Dānish-ārāy

Title: دانش آراى

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Shīvnāhih شيوناهه .

Colophon further notes: There are notes in red ink to the side of the colophon.

Note concerning work: A collection of stories in prose and verse compiled in 1159/1746.

References

Browne no. 469

Palmer no. 182

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 255 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 23 × 15.4 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16 × 9.5 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

13 lines per page.

Ruled on f.1v only: gold with 2 black outers. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: shikasta. Quality: Very poor. Scribe: Shīvnāhih شيوناهه.

Decoration

F.1v: an illuminated sarlauh in gold and dark blue with multi-coloured flowers.

Additions:

2nd flyleaf: two pages of poetry (in shikasta). There are also 2 pages of poetry by Ṣāʾib after the colophon (in the hand of the scribe).

Binding

Marbled paper on cardboard, plain leather spine, Indian style with an envelope flap (similar plain leather spine). Dark chickpea coloured plain paper doublures. Condition: The flap is detached. Dimensions: 22.8 × 15.2 × 3.3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 383.

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