King's Pote 237(2) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
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Pote Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Mūjiz al-Qānūn fī ʿIlm al-Ṭibb (with commentary).Title: موجز القانون فى علم الطبLanguage(s): ArabicColophon details: Place: Muradabad Date: Undated Scribe: Muḥammad Khān محمد خان .
Colophon further notes: 27th Dhū al-Ḥijjah but no year provided.
Note concerning work: This commentary is likely that known as al-Mughnī.
References
Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.457;GAL I.493; GAL Supp. I.825Supplement to the catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the British Museum, C. Rieu (1894) p.546 [BL Or. 2794]A hand-list of the Muḥammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge, E. Browne (1900) p.227 [Camb. Dd.10.3]Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 352 folios.Dimensions (leaf): 24.7 × 15 cm.Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 8.5 cm.Foliation: Foliated.Condition
Ff. 1-232 have been remounted.Layout
19 lines per page.
Not ruled. Red rubrications. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: shikasta. Scribe: Muḥammad Khān محمد خان.
Additions:F.1r: two seals and a partially erased note mentioning the court of Shah Jahan. The manuscript contains marginal notes.
Signs of collation.
Binding
Marbled paper on suede with a suede spine, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked). Dimensions: 25.3 × 15 × 4 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 623.
History
Origin: Muradabad 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
Bibliography
Work in multiple volumes bearing the class-marks: 237(1), 237(2).Funding of Cataloguing
King's College Cambridge
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