Eton Pote 316 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Story (qiṣṣat) of Bahrām Shāh. 1 copy of Story (qiṣṣat) of Balūqiyā.

Author: Anonymous

Title: Story (qiṣṣat) of Bahrām Shāh

Title: قصة بهرام شاه

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Margoliouth no. 203.1 (shelf/item: 13/12)

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.542, no. 849 [BL IO Islamic 780 (similar incipit)]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part III A.F.L. Beeston 1954 p.25 no. 2559 [Bodl. Ms. Whinfield 71]

Author: Anonymous

Title: Story (qiṣṣat) of Balūqiyā

Title: قصة بلوقيا

Title: حکایت بلوقيا

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.

References

Margoliouth no. 203.2 (shelf/item: 13/12)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 150 + 11 = c. 160 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 22 × 13 cm.

Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 10 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

15 lines per page.

Not ruled. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Scribe: Anonymous.

Binding

Marbled paper with a leather spine, Indian style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 22 × 13 × 2.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 837.

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

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