Eton Pote 300 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Story (qiṣṣat) of Mād-hūnal.Title: Story (qiṣṣat) of Mād-hūnalTitle: قصة مادهونلLanguage(s): HindiColophon details: Place: Farīdābād Date: 16 Safar 1098 (30th year of Aurangzeb) / 1 Jan 1687 Scribe: Anonymous.
Colophon further notes: The colophon includes information on the patron and the name of the scribe (difficult to read).
References
Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.699 [BL Or. 347 (Mihr wa-Māh = story of lovers, Prince Manohar and Princess Madhūmālat, by Rāzī, i.e. Mīr ʿAskarī)]; p.700 [BL Or. 352 (this version said to be taken from a Hindu poem by Shaykh Jamman)]; p.803 [BL Add. 6632/2 (said to be from a Hindu original by Shaykh Manjhan)]Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: c. 100 folios.Dimensions (leaf): 20.7 × 13 cm.Dimensions (written): 15.5 × 9 cm.Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.Layout
15 lines per page.
Ruled in red. 2 columns. Rubrications in red.
Hand(s)
Scribe: Anonymous.
Binding
Brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 21 × 13.5 × 1.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 844.
History
Origin: Farīdābād; 16 Safar 1098 (30th year of Aurangzeb) AH; 1 Jan 1687 CEProvenance 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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