Eton Pote 360 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: End of Jumādā II 1033 / Apr 1624 Scribe: Sayyid Khān ibn Shīr Muḥammad Ḥusaynī سيد خان بن شير محمد حسينى .
References
Physical Description
Layout
12 lines per page.
Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Two columns. Rubrications in red.
Hand(s)
Script: Indian nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Sayyid Khān ibn Shīr Muḥammad Ḥusaynī سيد خان بن شير محمد حسينى.
Binding
Brown leather, Indian style. A metal inlayed turanj and pendants. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 23.1 × 12.8 × 1.7 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 992.
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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