Eton Pote 414 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Colophon details: Date: Undated Scribe: Anonymous.
References
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
7 hemistiches lines per page.
Not ruled.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Anonymous.
Flyleaf: seal of Polier (1181).
Binding
Burgundy leather, Indian style with a stamped inlayed turanj and pendants. Plain leather doublures. Dimensions: 17.5 × 10.0 × 0.8 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 1080.
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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