King's Pote 62(1) (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Bhāgavad-Gītā (prose translation into Persian).

Author: Anonymous

Title: Bhāgavad-Gītā (prose translation into Persian)

Title: بهاگوت

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 1 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1194 / 29 Oct 1780 Scribe: Anonymous.

Colophon further notes: The date is part of a note saying the manuscript was ordered by Polier.

Note concerning manuscript: The manuscript begins with a detailed table of contents extending over five pages.

Note concerning work: Volume 1 contains the first 9 chapters.

References

Browne no. 200

Palmer no. 62.1

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 184 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 27.6 × 17.2 cm.

Dimensions (written): 22 × 12.5 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

12 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Script: shikasta. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

The seal of Polier is found on the first folio (the table of contents) and on the first folio of the work itself.

Binding

Plain brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 28 × 17.3 × 2.5 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 103.

History

Origin: 1 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1194 AH; 29 Oct 1780 CE

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: 62(1), 62(2).

Funding of Cataloguing

King's College Cambridge

Subjects

Epic literature

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