King's Pote 254 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: 9 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1199 / 13 Oct 1785 Scribe: Mumtāz ʿAlī ممتاز على .
Colophon further notes: 1199, written 9911. The same scribe penned King's 58.
Note concerning work: Composed c.885/1480-1.
References
Physical Description
Layout
15 lines per page.
Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Mumtāz ʿAlī ممتاز على.
Binding
Marbled paper on suede with a suede spine, European style. Plain paper doublures (watermarked; fleur-de-lys). Dimensions: 24.7 × 16 × 4.2 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 624.
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
Funding of Cataloguing
King's College Cambridge
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