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1. Add MS 8803

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Title:
MATTEO RICCI: Treatise on Friendship; 1595-1599, 1724. Chinese, Italian, and Latin. Autograph. A collection of moral sentences from ancient Western authors put together and translated into Chinese by father Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the famous Jesuit missionary, in Nanchang at the end of 1595, and dedicated to Qian Zhai, prince of Jian'an (Jian'an wang). Ricci's main literary source was probably the 5th edition of Andrea de Rèsende, Sententiae et exempla ex probatissimis quibusque scriptorib...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Gilt-tooled brown calf, with original xylographic pastedowns: 18th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/C): bef. 1828. includes: ff. 7-29v Matteo Ricci, Jesuit and mathematician: Treatise on Friendship: 1595-1599: Chinese and Ital: autogr. ff. 33-34 M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Italian
Date Range:
1595-1724
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 10592

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Title:
Vignettes representing manifestations of Buddhist Saints. [Pu ti ye cai hui fo xiang ji]. [菩提葉彩繪佛像集]. Concertina volume with illustrations on leaves of the ficus religiosa, containing vignettes of manifestations of Buddhist saints (or Luohans) and descriptions of the illustrations on the left side of each picture.
Scope & Content:
China: Colored drawings executed in China, on leaves of ficus religiosa, or Bodhi tree. Buddhists: manifestations of Buddhist saints: written in Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1911
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

3. Add MS 11705

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Title:
內府輿地圖 内府舆地图 Nei fu yu di tu ‘Cartes de la Chine’
Scope & Content:
A collection of Maps of China, drawn by M. Klaproth, from Chinese authorities, with the names translated by him partly into German, partly into French.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, French, and German
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios) with 352 maps.

4. Add MS 11706

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Title:
中國和韃靼局部地圖集 中国和鞑靼局部地图集 Zhongguo he dada ju bu di tu ji [Atlas containing European maps of parts of China and of Tartary]
Scope & Content:
Tartary: Maps of Chinese and Northern Tartary. Maps and Charts: Map of the province of Omsk, in N. Tartary, and of the central north of Mongolia, by H. J. Klaproth. Maps and Charts: Map of Chinese Tartary, with notes by H. J. Klaproth. Maps and Charts: Original map of Cochin China, drawn by t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Manchu
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:

1 item (7 maps bound into one volume)

5. Add MS 11746

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Title:
Bo re bo luo mi duo xin jing, Jin gang bo re bo luo mi jing. 般若波羅蜜多心經一卷, 金剛般若波羅蜜經一卷. Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra with illustrations on leaves of ficus religiosa.
Scope & Content:
China: Buddhist sutras and illustrations on leaves of ficus religiosa (or Bodhi tree). Buddhists: Sacred Books: written in Chinese. Diamond Sutra and Heart Sutra. Inscription on the cover: ‘Wu Liang Shou Fo' (Buddha of Immeasurable Long Life).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

6. Add MS 16353

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Scope & Content:
TSA-TSZE, " Mixed characters;" a copy-book, containing moral maxims in prose and verse, arithmetical tables, and other exercises for youth. Dated in the cyclical year jin woo [A.D. 1762 ?] Small Quarto. [16,353.] China: Moral maxims, etc.: Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
[1762?]
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52387

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Scope & Content:
Vol. II (ff. 139). 1864-1865, 1869. includes: ff. 1-1b William Frederick Mayers, Chinese scholar: Letters, etc., translated and counter-signed by: 1864.ff. 1-1b China: Imperial decrees relating to Li Hung Chang and Maj. C. G. Gordon: 1864: Engl. transl.f. 3 Frederick, Princes of Wittgens...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and French
Date Range:
1864-1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52394

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Scope & Content:
GORDON PAPERS (BELL COLLECTION). Vol. IX (ff. 106). 1. ff. 1-35. Pay- and casualty-lists of officers of the 'Ever-Victorious Army', 1862-1864, n.d.; aft. 1862-1864, n.d. Partly Chinese. 2. ff. 36b-39. Memoranda on artillery; 1864, n.d. 3. ff. 40-106. Correspondence and lists relating to me...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1862-1871
Extent:
1 item

9. EAP012/1

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EAP012/1
Title:
Chaozhen Li Collection of Dongjing Material [c 1979-2006]
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of digitised Dongjing music scores, lyrics and sutras, audio and video recordings of Dongjing performances, and interviews with Dongjing performers. This material was digitised as part of the project EAP012 Salvage and Preservation of Dongjing Archives in Yunnan, China: ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
c 1979-2006
Extent:
2 series, one containing 7 files consisting of 676 TIFF images, and one containing 383 MP3, approximately 17 hours duration of audio

10. EAP012/1/1

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EAP012/1/1
Title:
Dongjing manuscripts and printed materials [1979-2004]
Scope & Content:
This series consists of digitised Dongjing transcripts and scores from Yuanmou County, Heijing, Lufeng County, Nanhua County, Wuding County and Chuxiong, created by local Dongjing societies, the Chuxiong Museum, and Dongjing enthusiasts. The transcripts and scores date from 1979-2004.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1979-2004
Extent:
7 files, containing 676 TIFF images

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