King's Pote 242 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Muṭawwal ʿalā Talkhīs al-Miftāh.

Author: Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, 1267 or 8-1338 قزويني، جلال الدين محمد بن عبد الرحمن

Commentator: Taftāzānī, Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar, 1322-1389? تفتازاني، مسعود بن عمر

Super-commentator: Ḥusayn ibn Shihāb al-dīn al-Shāmī حسين بن شهاب الدين الشامى

Title: al-Muṭawwal ʿalā Talkhīs al-Miftāh

Title: المطول على تلخيص المفتاح

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Browne no. 1209

Palmer no. 242

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.295; GAL Supp. I.518

Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens, C. Rieu (1846-1871) p.254 [BL Add. 9616 (1193H)]

Supplement to the catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the British Museum, C. Rieu (1894) p.621, no. 983 [BL Or. 4355]

A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office (vol. 1), O. Loth (1877) p.246 no.852 [BL IO Bijapur 251]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Very thick.

Extent: c. 120 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 21.8 × 14.3 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18 × 10.5 cm.

Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.

Layout

15-23 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Quality: Bad. Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Plain brown paper with brown leather frame and spine, Indian style. Plain brown paper doublures. Dimensions: 22 × 14 × 2.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 602.

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