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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11517
Title:: Illustrated poetry album. [歐陽保極等詩畫冊]. [Ou yang bao ji deng shi hua ce].
Scope & Content:: Concertina album with wooden covers containing poetry and landscape paintings. Each folio contains poetry in vertical lines in black ink on paper on the recto side, and a coloured illustration on silk on the verso side for a total of 8 illustrations. Each folio is framed in silk.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1864
Extent:: 1 volume (9 folios).

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11539
Title:: Chinese export album
Scope & Content:: Export album of Chinese street scenes and occupations. English descriptions of the scenes added in pencil on each folio.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 145 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11546
Title:: Patent of Daoguang 30 (1850) [Doro eldengge-i gūsici aniya aniya biyai juwan ninggun. Abkai hesei ulhibure fungnehen] [ᡩᠣᠷᠣ ᡝᠯᡩᡝᡢᡤᡝ ᡳ ᡤᡡᠰᠢᠴᠢ ᠠᠨᠢᠶᠠ ᠠᠨᠢᠶᠠ ᠪᠢᠶᠠᠢ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠨᠢᡢᡤᡠᠨ ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡠᠯᡥᡞᠪᡠᠷᡝ ᡶᡠᡢᠨᡝᡥᡝᠨ] [Daoguang san shi nian feng tian gao ming] [道光三十年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent of Daoguang 30 (1850) conferring the title of Horon be iletulehe janggin (ᡥᠥᠷᠥᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡳᠯᡝᡨᡠᠯᡝᡥᡝ ᠵᠠᡢᡤᡳᠨ) / Zhaowu duwei (昭武都尉) upon Mujingga (ᠮᡠᠵᠢᡢᡤᠠ) [Mujinga (穆精阿)]. Mujingga was a nirui janggin (ᠨᠢᠷᡠᠢ ᠵᠠᡢᡤᠢᠨ) under the command of the nirui ejen (ᠨᠢᠷᡠᠢ ᡝᠵᡝᠨ) called ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1850
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11618
Title:: 吳?符
Scope & Content:: Two manuscript volumes of Taoist amulets 吳?符 (wu? fu), bound in one Western volume. 吳?靈部 (Wo ? ling bu) written on the original title page of each volume.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 volume (98 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11621
Title:: 高上神密玉樞寳經
Scope & Content:: One manuscript volume of the Yu shu bao jing (玉樞寳經), an uncanonical Daoist sutra. There are three title pages with title paper slips pasted on the front. The volume contains red reading punctuations and a couple of corrections.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 volume (43 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11690
Title:: [道教文本四卷] [Dao jiao wen ben si juan] [Four volumes of Taoist text]
Scope & Content:: Daoist manuscript in 4 volumes, bound in 1 Western volume.The four volumes include: 1.禮斗科 (Li dou ke) 2.青玄煉度 (Qing xuan lian du) 3.女褐 (Nü he) 4.脫男褐 (Tuo nan he)
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: before 1900
Extent:: 1 volume (176 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12221
Title:: [八卦圖]
Scope & Content:: A chart of the "ba gua" or astrological symbols with explanations. '瀛島吳孟蘭地理', written on the textile. It reports the place (Taiwan), the main person (Wo Menglan), and the person's job (fortune teller).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1850?
Extent:: 1 textile

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12243 A
Title:: 戒俗吏矯飾論 Jie su li jiao shi lun [Examination essay].
Scope & Content:: An examination essay by Chen Mingqiu 陳鳴秋, checked by Liao Shouheng 廖壽恒. Concertina with 9 folios. The first folio contains a red seal and two yellow strips attached to the paper. A separate sheet (foliated as 4*) contains the name of the candidate.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1889?
Extent:: 1 volume (9 folios) and one separate sheet.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12243 B
Title:: 十事對九賦 Shi shi dui jiu fu ["Fu" poem written for an examination].
Scope & Content:: An examination essay with poem composition by Du Zuohang 杜作航, checked by Liao Shouheng 廖壽恆. Concertina with 5 folios. The first folio contains a red seal and two yellow strips attached to the paper. A separate sheet (foliated at 4*) contains the name of the candidate.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1889?
Extent:: 1 volume (5 folios) and one separate sheet.

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