King's Pote 183 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: 20 Rajab 1077 / 16 Jan 1667 Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Colophon details: Date: 14 Jumādā II 1077 / 12 Dec 1666 Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Physical Description
Layout
23 lines per page.
Not ruled. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Quality: Browne: vile scrawl (multiple hands). Scribe: Anonymous.
Flyleaf: a smudged seal and many notes. 2 pages prior to the second work: two smudged seals and numerous notes (including an acquisition note dated 15 Muḥarram 1160 / 27 Jan 1747) mostly in Arabic.
Binding
Reddish brown leather, Eurpoean style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 23 × 13.7 × 2.8 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 385.
History
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
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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