Eton Pote 303 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Qānūnchah.

Author: (ascribed to) Ibn Sīnā, 980-1037 ابن سينا

Author: (but probably the author of al-Qānūnchah fī al-ṭibb) Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad al-Jaghmīnī, -1344 محمود بن محمد الجغمینی

Title: Qānūnchah

Title: قانونچه

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Friday 27 Rajab (year 25 of Shāh ʿĀlam II) 1198 / 16 Jun 1784 Scribe: Luṭf Allāh لطف الله .

References

Margoliouth no. 68 (shelf/item: 13/5)

Geschichte der arabischen Literatur C. Brockelmann 1892-1902 (2 vols. plus supplements) GAL I.457; GAL Supp. I.826

Persian Literature: a bio-bibliographical survey C. A. Storey 1927–39 II.2 p.219 (1198H)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 50 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 19.7 cm.

Dimensions (written): 16 × 11.5 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Ruled in double red with a black outer. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Luṭf Allāh لطف الله.

Binding

Brown leather, European style. Watermarked paper doublures ("G.R."). Dimensions: 23 × 20 × 1 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 831.

History

Origin: Friday 27 Rajab (year 25 of Shāh ʿĀlam II) 1198 AH; 16 Jun 1784 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 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

Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World