Eton Pote 388 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Place: Sikandra, Akbarābād Date: Muḥarram 1200 (year 26 of Shāh ʿĀlam) / Nov 1785 Scribe: Muḥammad Bakhsh (NOT Āshūb) (fl. 1776-85) محمد بخش .
References
Physical Description
Layout
13 lines per page.
Ruled in double red with a blue outer. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Muḥammad Bakhsh (NOT Āshūb) (fl. 1776-85) محمد بخش.
Binding
Marbled paper with a suede spine, European style. Paper doublures. Dimensions: 25 × 16 × 4 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 1033.
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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