Eton Pote 352 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

Pote Collection

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Laṭāʾif al-Lughāt (Farhang, or glossary, to the Mathnavī of Rūmī).

Author: ʿAbbāsī, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf, -1639 or 1640 ‏عباسى، عبد اللطيف

Title: Laṭāʾif al-Lughāt (Farhang, or glossary, to the Mathnavī of Rūmī)

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Place: Ramgarh, Zafarābād Date: Tuesday 5 Rajab 1088 (year 21 Aurangzeb) / 3 Sep 1677 Scribe: Ḥasan Muḥammad حسن محمد .

References

Margoliouth no. 106 (shelf/item: 14/12)

Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum (3 vols.) C. Rieu 1879-1883 p.590 [BL Royal 16 B. XIX]

Catalogue of Persian manuscripts in the library of the India Office (2 vols.) H. Ethé 1903-37 col.644, no. 1091 [BL IO Islamic 1033]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library E. Sachau and H. Ethé 1889 col.1014, no. 1748 [Bodl. Ouseley Add. 117]

Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part III A.F.L. Beeston 1954 p.28 no. 2574 [Bodl. Ms. Whinfield 23]

Mughals in India: a bibliographical survey. Vol. 1. Manuscripts D.N. Marshall 1962 p.15

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 205 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 25 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 18.5 × 10 cm.

Foliation: Foliated.

Layout

17 lines per page.

Mostly unruled; initial folios ruled in double red. Rubrications in red.

Hand(s)

Scribe: Ḥasan Muḥammad حسن محمد.

Additions:

F.1r: seal of Polier (1181). F.205r: 2 seals (1087).

Binding

Reddish brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 25.5 × 14 × 3 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 947.

History

Origin: Ramgarh, Zafarābād; Tuesday 5 Rajab 1088 (year 21 Aurangzeb) AH; 3 Sep 1677 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

Funding of Cataloguing

Eton College

Subjects

Persian language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

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