Eton Pote 275(2) (Eton College Library, Eton College)
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Pote Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: 1 copy of al-Qurʾān.Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: c. 350 folios.Dimensions (leaf): 24.5 × 15.2 cm.Dimensions (written): 17 × 8.5 cm.Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.Layout
11 lines per page.
Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: naskh. Scribe: Anonymous.
Binding
Brown leather, Indian style, with flap. A pressure molded turanj , corner pieces and a frame with a pendant and two cartouches on the flap. Plain leather doublures. Condition: The flap is attached to the upper board (as if it were bound upside down). Dimensions: 24 × 15 × 3.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: (no number found).
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 second half alphabetically going to Eton. 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 D.S. Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of Eton College, Oxford, 1904 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
Eton College
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