King's Pote 257 (King's College Library, King's College Cambridge)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
Note concerning work: Contains only the Khusraw va Shīrīn.
References
Physical Description
Layout
15 lines per page.
Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.
Decoration
F.1v: a sarlauh in blue and red ink; red decorations between the two columns.
F.1r: numerous notes, some of which are erased (one dated 24 Muḥarram 1159, Shāhjahānābād; another dated 24 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1158). Final page: an erased seal and an erased note below the colophon recording an owner: ʿAbd Allāh… Kishmīrī. The manuscript contains many marginal notes.
Signs of collation.
Binding
Light brown leather, European style. Plain brown paper doublures. Decorations: Tooled patterns in two bands with further tooling on the spine. Embossed: "Shirin e Khoos** of Nizami". Dimensions: 26.5 × 15 × 3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: unknown.
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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