King's Pote 250 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
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Pote Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Sharḥ Ashkāl al-Taʾsīs. 1 copy of Sharḥ Jaghmīnī. 1 copy of Sharḥ Tashrīḥ al-Aflāk.1.Title: Sharḥ Ashkāl al-TaʾsīsTitle: شرح اشكال التأسيسLanguage(s): ArabicColophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.468 (3); GAL Supp. I.850Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens, C. Rieu (1846-1871) p.186 no.388 [BL Add. 7471]2.Title: Sharḥ JaghmīnīTitle: شرح جغمينىLanguage(s): ArabicColophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning work: The underyling work appears to be al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-Hayʾah by al-Jaghmīnī.
References
Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.473 (al-Mulakhkhaṣ fī al-Hayʾah by al-Jaghmīnī)3.Commentator: AnonymousTitle: Sharḥ Tashrīḥ al-AflākTitle: شرح تشريح الافلاكLanguage(s): ArabicColophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL II.414-5 (6); GAL Supp. II.595Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens, C. Rieu (1846-1871) p.244 no.532 [BL Add. 7461 Rich. /4-5]Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: c. 80 + c. 130 + c. 10 = c. 200 Folios.Dimensions (leaf): 25.5 × 20 cm.Dimensions (written): × cm.Foliation: Neither foliated nor paginated.Condition
The folios have been remounted on thick margins.Layout
15 lines per page.
Not ruled.
Hand(s)
Script: shikasta. Quality: 2nd work is in a different hand. Scribe: Anonymous.
Additions:Flyleaf: a long note (Muḥammad Amīn al-dīn) and an erased seal. F.1r: a note and erased seal. The manuscript contains many marginal and interlinear notes (including sketched diagrams). The 3rd work contains a diagram in red ink.
Binding
Brown leather, Indian style, with an envelope flap. Plain leather doublures. Decorations: Pressure moulded turanj and pendants; two pendants and a central moulded inscription on the spine of the flap and a turanj on the point of the flap. Dimensions: 25 × 19.5 × 3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 599.
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
Funding of Cataloguing
King's College Cambridge
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