King's Pote 248(3) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Jālīnūs ibn Maḥmūd Muṭabbib جالينوس بن محمود مطبب .
Note concerning work: This commentary is likely that known as al-Mughnī.
References
Physical Description
Layout
21 lines per page.
Not ruled. Red rubrications. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh. Scribe: Jālīnūs ibn Maḥmūd Muṭabbib جالينوس بن محمود مطبب.
F.1r: purchased in late Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1196.
Signs of collation.
Binding
Red and white striped cloth, Indian style, with an envelope flap. Same cloth on doublures. Condition: The spine is disintegrating and separating from the textblock. Dimensions: 27.5 × 16.5 × 3.8 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 604.
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
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Funding of Cataloguing
King's College Cambridge
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