Eton Pote 325 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: 29 Ramaḍān 1135 (year 4 Muḥammad Shāh) / 3 Jul 1723 Scribe: Shāh Muḥammad شاه محمد .
Colophon further notes: Copied on the order of Chud-hri Muhammad AfDal.
Note concerning manuscript: Begins with a Preface containing a list of contents (6 folios).
References
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
15 lines per page.
Ruled in double red (gold on the first opening). Rubrications in red.
Hand(s)
Scribe: Shāh Muḥammad شاه محمد.
Decoration
F.1v: illuminated sarlauh (with gold ruling).
Binding
Brown leather, Indian style. Inlayed turanj and pendants with painted silver frame. Marbled paper doublures. Dimensions: 20.5 × 12.5 × 1.8 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 882.
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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