King's Pote 215 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
- Display:
-
Pote Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Zubdat al-Lughāt.Title: Zubdat al-LughātTitle: زبدة اللغاتLanguage(s): PersianColophon details: Date: Thu 13 Jumādā I 1049 / 11 Sep 1639 Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning work: A lexicon.
References
Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 pp.119-121 [BL Or. 168]Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 III.1 p.100 (1049H; sole copy?)Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: c. 150 folios.Dimensions (leaf): 24.3 × 12.5 cm.Dimensions (written): 15 × 7.5 cm.Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.Condition
F.1 has been remargined. Other folios have been repaired in the gutter.Layout
17 lines per page.
Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.
Additions:F.1r: eight seals, 7 of which are identical (Khudā Bakhsh, 1167), ownership notes (purchased: 22 Shawwal 1197; another note dated 1104; another: from the possessions of Muḥammad Jaʿfar ibn Mīrzā Muḥammad Naṣīr). End flyleaf: a note. Marginal notes in red and black.
Binding
Light tan suede, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked: "TAYLOR"). Dimensions: 25 × 13.7 × 2.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 526.
History
Origin: Thu 13 Jumādā I 1049 AH; 11 Sep 1639 CEProvenance 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
TO TOP
See the Availability section of this record for information on viewing the item in a reading room.