Eton Pote 305 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Year 39 Scribe: Anonymous.
Colophon further notes: Colophons appear after works 2-4.
Note concerning manuscript: Flyleaf contains a table of contents listing the 4 works.
References
Colophon details: Date: Friday 9th Dhū-l-Ḥijjah year 39 (probably Aurangzeb, i.e. 1106) / 21 Jul 1695 (?) Scribe: Anonymous.
Colophon further notes: The colophon has been tampered with - the scribe's name has been replaced.
References
Colophon details: Date: 22 Dhū-l-Ḥijjah year 39 (probably Aurangzeb, i.e. 1106) / 3 Aug 1695 (?) Scribe: ʿAṭā Allāh عطاء الله .
References
Colophon details: Date: Wedneday 19 Safar year 39 (probably Aurangzeb, i.e. 1107) / 29 Sep 1695 (?) {alternatively, Akbar, i.e. 1001 / 1592} Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Physical Description
Layout
19 lines per page.
Not ruled.
Hand(s)
Quality: (more than one hand). Scribe: Anonymous.
F.1r: seal of Polier (1181).
Binding
Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 23 × 12.5 × 3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 840.
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 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
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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