Eton Pote 453 (Eton College Library, Eton College)
Pote Collection
Contents
Colophon details: Date: 6 Dhū-l-Ḥijjah 991 (?) / 21 Dec 1583 (?) Scribe: Valī Ibrāhīm Banī Isrāʾīl Mūsavī ولى ابراهيم بنى اسرائيل موسوى .
Colophon further notes: Scribe's name has been partially erased. The date at an internal colophon has been tampered with.
References
Physical Description
Layout
21 lines per page.
Ruled in double red, green, blue and yellow. 4 columns. Rubrications in red.
Hand(s)
Script: nastaʿlīq. Scribe: Valī Ibrāhīm Banī Isrāʾīl Mūsavī ولى ابراهيم بنى اسرائيل موسوى.
Decoration
F.1v: decorated sarlauh .
F.1r: seal of Polier (1181); other seals erased (one with 8 lobes); titles of the 5 mathnavis; purchase note (Monday 9 Safar 1174; 22 rupees); inspection note (14 Jumādā I). Final folio: 3 erased seal (one tear-drop in shape, 1056, reign of Shāh Jahān). Similar seals alongside internal colophons.
Binding
Brown leather, European style. Watermarked paper doublures ("C. Taylor"). Dimensions: 28.5 × 19.5 × 3.5 cm. Unboxed. Polier's number: 362.
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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