King's Pote 208 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning work: Letters on various subjects to persons whose names are not mentioned.
References
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
14 lines per page.
Ruled in red with a gold outer but much of the gold lost during remargining. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.
Decoration
F.1v: a bismillah heading on a block of gold.
About 1/4 of the way through: a diagram made up of black labels arranged in concentric circles.
Binding
Plain reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 25.5 × 15 × 1.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 474+.
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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