Eton Pote 393 (Eton College Library, Eton College)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Barf va ʾĀh.

Author: Kāmil Kashmīrī كامل كشميرى

Title: Barf va ʾĀh

Title: برف وآه

Language(s): Persian

Colophon details: Date: 3 Jumādā II 1190 / 20 Jul 1776 Scribe: Mīr Hidāyat Allāh مير هدايت الله .

References

Margoliouth no. 143 (shelf/item: 13/16)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: c. 150 folios.

Dimensions (leaf): 23.5 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written): 17.5 × 10 cm.

Foliation: Not foliated or paginated.

Layout

9 lines per page.

Ruled in 4 frames of double black. Rubrications in red. Catchwords.

Hand(s)

Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Mīr Hidāyat Allāh مير هدايت الله.

Binding

Brown leather, European style. Plain paper doublures. Dimensions: 24 × 14.5 × 2 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 973.

History

Origin: 3 Jumādā II 1190 AH; 20 Jul 1776 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 poetry

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