King's Pote 86 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kashshāf.

Author: Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar, 1075-1144 الزمخشري، محمود بن عمر

Language(s): Arabic

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

Note concerning manuscript: First two folios (with repairs): a table of contents with folio numbers. It begins with surah Maryam. Contains only the second half of the work (surah Maryam to the end).

References

Browne no. 1033

Palmer no. (correction: 86)

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.290; GAL Supp. I.507

Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens, C. Rieu (1846-1871) p.62 no.64 [BL Add. 7235 Rich.]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 294 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 28 × 20.8 cm.

Dimensions (written): 1.5 × 13 cm.

Foliation: Foliated only at start of each sura.

Condition

Worm damage. Extensive repairs.

Layout

31 lines per page.

Not ruled.

Hand(s)

Script: plain. Quality: Bad. Scribe: Anonymous.

Additions:

The manuscript contains numerous marginal notes. Browne: the notes at the end are in Malay.

Signs of collation.

Binding

Brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublure (watermarked: "L.V.C."). Decorations: The spine is embossed: "The Koran by Zamashkhari. Part II". Dimensions: 28.5 × 22.3 × 5 cm. Boxed. Polier's number: 185.

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