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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4465
Title:: [Plays From Tianjin]
Scope & Content:: A volume of manuscript versions of nine plays from Tianjin. There is no general title for the whole volume, but single titles for each play (listed below). Some of them are described as belonging to the repertoire of Chongqing (重慶班) , and others to that of Anqing (安慶班). They consist of comedies...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1644-1891
Extent:: 1 volume (179 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4473
Title:: 西番譯語 Xi Fan yi yu [Dictionary of Tibetan-Chinese vocabulary]
Scope & Content:: Dictionary of Tibetan-Chinese vocabulary. There are eighteen categories including astronomy, treasure, and people.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Tibetan
Date Range:: before 1891
Extent:: 1 volume (102 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4474
Title:: 滇宼紀略 Dian kou ji lue
Scope & Content:: An account of the war in Yunnan-during the wars of the end of Ming dynasty.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1644-1891
Extent:: 1 volume (131 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4475
Title:: 新刻小説載花船 Xin ke xiao shuo zai hua chuan
Scope & Content:: Pornographic stories in four volumes. One sentence on the title page "Wrote by Xiling kuang zhe; Commented by Suxing dao ren".
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: before 1891
Extent:: 1 volume (81 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4574
Title:: Patent of Jiaqing 11 (1807) [Saicungga fengšen-i juwan emuci aniya jorgon biyai juwan juwe. Abkai hesei ulhibure fungnehen] [ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨ ᠢ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡝᠮᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠵᠣᠷᡤᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡠᠯᡥᡞᠪᡠᠷᡝ ᡶᡠᡢᠨᡝᡥᡝᠨ] [Jiaqing shi yi nian feng tian gao ming] [嘉慶十一年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese in which the Jiaqing Emperor awards posthumous titles to the parents of the Aliyara aisilakū hafan (ᠠᠯᠢᠶᠠᠷᠠ ᠠᠢᠢᠰᡞᠯᠠᡣᡡ ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ) / Hou xuan yuan wai lang (候選員外郎), Li Lide (李立德). His father, Li Quan (李銓), becomes Tušan kicehe daifan (ᡨᡠᡧᠠᠨ ᡣᡞᠴᡝᡥᡝ ᡩᠠᠢᠢᡫᠠᠨ) / Chao Yi dai fu (朝議...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4612
Title:: Korean examination paper
Scope & Content:: Examination paper (sigwŏn 試卷) for the literary examination (mun'gwa 文科) of the traditional Korean state examinations (Kwagŏ 科擧). The righthand section of the paper bearing the identity of the candidate is still folded and sealed. The inscription Hamgyŏng-do 咸鏡道 indicates that the candidate was f...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Korean
Date Range:: 1800-1893
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4811-4818
Title:: Nederduitsch Japansch woordenboek
Scope & Content:: A Dutch-Japanese dictionary. Each entry contains the Japanese equivalent to a Dutch word or phrase written in romanised Japanese, katakana and Sino-Japanese characters (described as 'gemengt chineesch or 'mixed Chinese'). Or 4811 = A-F. Or 7812 = G. Or 7813 = H-J. Or 7814 = K. Or 7815 = L-R. (e...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese, Dutch, and Japanese
Date Range:: 1800-1850
Extent:: 8 volumes

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4820
Title:: Spiegel der Sprache von Koorai (Dschaō-siān) mit schinesischer u. japanischer Übersetzung
Scope & Content:: Chinese transliterated title on title page: Yn wâ chán dschaō siān wên kián. Title page continues: Die tausend Schriftbilder; Eine Samlung koraaïscher Worte; Koraaïscher Buchstabenlehre; Tagebuch schriftbrüchiger Kooraïer; Anhang von Gedichten. Contents: Transcriptions of several Korean texts ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese, German, Japanese, and Korean
Date Range:: 1850-1870
Extent:: 1 volume (61 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 5427
Title:: Patent of Kangxi 61 (1722) [Elhe taifin-i ninju emuci aniya omšon biyai orin. Abkai hesei g'aoming] [ᡝᠯᡥᡝ ᡨᠠᠢᠢᡶᡞᠨ ᡞ ᠨᡞᠨᠵᡠ ᡝᠮᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠣᠮᡧᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠣᠷᠢᠨ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡬᠠᠣᠮᡞᡢ] [Kangxi liu shi yi nian feng tian gao ming] [康熙六十一年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent conferring the title Horon be tucibuhe giyanggiyūn (ᡥᠣᠷᠣᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡨᡠᠴᡞᠪᡠᡥᡝ ᡤᡞᠶᡢᡤᡞᠶᡡᠨ) / Xuan wu jiang jun (宣武將軍) upon Qiu Lianhui (仇連會). His wife, He (和), becomes Gingguji hehe (ᡤᡞᡢᡤᡠᠵᡞ ᡥᡝᡥᡝ) / Gong ren (恭人). Dated Kangxi 61st year, 11th month, 20th day 康熙六十一年十一月二十日 ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1722
Extent:: 1 scroll

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