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251. Add MS 22048

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Title:
首善全圖 Shou shan quan tu [Map of Peking]
Scope & Content:
This coloured map shows a detailed city view of the capital Peking (now Beijing, China). The map covers the area from Anding men (Chi: 安定門) and Desheng men (Chi: 德勝門) to Yongding men (Chi: 永定門) and Zuo’an men (Chi: 左安門)、You’an men (Chi: 右安門). The black and white version of this map is availabl...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 scroll

252. Add ms 22689

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Title:
趙千里書畫祝壽冊 - 雲臺獻瑞
Scope & Content:
Daoist manuscript concertina album with 16 illustrations depicting Daoist legends. Texts written in golden ink with images painted on blue background.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1750
Extent:
2 boxes (1 volume with 19 folios and 1 box with silk case)

253. Add MS 22690

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Title:
Miao fa lian hua jing Guanshiyin Pusa pu men pin. 妙法蓮花經觀世音菩薩普門品一卷. Avalokitesvara Sutra in Chinese.
Scope & Content:
Folding book containing the Avalokitesvara Sutra in Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1705
Extent:
1 volume

254. Add MS 22691

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Title:
Collection of memorials and letters in English, Chinese and Manchu.
Scope & Content:
Contains several memorials and letters in English, Chinese and Manchu. One letter is dated Daoguang 22 (1842), in Chinese and in an English translation, from Lieutenant-General Hailing (海齡) to the Daoguang Emperor. Contains a separate letter in Manchu, also from Hailing, also dated 1842.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Manchu
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:

Letters in Chinese and Manchu, between boards covered with yellow silk, tied with yellow string

255. Add MS 22691 (5)

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Title:
A Chinese memorial and an English translation of it
Scope & Content:
Two items bear the reference Or 22691 (5). The first, a memorial in Chinese, was sent from Lieutenant General Hailing (海齡) to the Daoguang Emperor. It is housed within an envelope with Chinese characters giving the date, 1842: (Daoguang 22, 4th Month 4th day), and measures 213 mm x 991 mm when u...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 folded sheet inside an envelope; 1 folded sheet

256. Add MS 24140

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Title:
[Ili be necihiyeme toktobufi dahanjihangge be alime gaihangge] [ᡞᠯᡞ ᠪᡝ ᠨᡝᠴᡞᡥᡞᠶᡝᠮᡝ ᡨᠣᡴᡨᠣᠪᡠᡶᡳ ᡩᠠᡥᠠᠨᠵᡞᡥᡢᡤᡝ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᠢᠮᡝ ᡤᠠᡞᡥᡢᡤᡝ] [Hui jiang tong zhi] [回疆通志]
Scope & Content:
Volume 1 (of 2) of an incomplete Manchu and Chinese interlinear bilingual manuscript copy of the Hui jiang tong zhi (回疆通志) based on Manchu and Chinese monolingual printed editions. The description on the spine reads 'History of the Mahommedan Countries conquered by Ch'ien-lung' [Qianlong]. An inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:
c 1804
Extent:
Volume 1 (of 2); 317 folios

257. Add MS 24141

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Title:
[Ili be necihiyeme toktobufi dahanjihangge be alime gaihangge] [ᡞᠯᡞ ᠪᡝ ᠨᡝᠴᡞᡥᡞᠶᡝᠮᡝ ᡨᠣᡴᡨᠣᠪᡠᡶᡳ ᡩᠠᡥᠠᠨᠵᡞᡥᡢᡤᡝ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᠢᠮᡝ ᡤᠠᠢᠢᡥᠠᡢᡤᡝ] [Hui jiang tong zhi] [回疆通志]
Scope & Content:
Volume 2 (of 2) of an incomplete Manchu and Chinese interlinear bilingual manuscript copy of the Hui jiang tong zhi (回疆通志) based on Manchu and Chinese monolingual printed editions. The description on the spine reads 'History of the Mahommedan Countries conquered by Ch'ien-lung' [Qianlong].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:
c 1804
Extent:
Volume 2 (of 2); 349 folios

258. Add MS 41312

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Title:
Scope & Content:
ELLIS PAPERS. Vol. I. General correspondence of Sir Henry Ellis; 1795-1866. The letters are mainly concerned with Museum affairs, excepting one group (ff. 18-24) which refer to his unavailing efforts, in 1811-1812, to be elected Director of the Society of Antiquaries. The names of the writers ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and French
Date Range:
1795-1866
Extent:
1 item

259. Add MS 41312-41319

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Add MS 41312-41319
Title:
ELLIS PAPERS: correspondence and collections of Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1827-1856, and of his grandson, Henry John Ellis, of the Dept. of MSS., British Museum
Scope & Content:
Eight volumes. For further Ellis Papers, see Add. MSS. 42137, 42506.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1765-1999]
Extent:
8 items

260. Add MS 51071-51204

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Title:
THE CECIL OF CHELWOOD PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood 1923, (b.1864, d.1958), statesman and promoter of the League of Nations; 1893-1953, n.d. A large proportion of the present collection consists of typewritten material. The collection was used by Cecil in A Great Experiment (1941) and All the Way (1949), and it has frequently been cited by others in books and articles of subsequent date. For a description of other papers ...
Scope & Content:
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood: Correspondence and papers of Lord Cecil: 1893-1953, n.d. Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood: Correspondence and papers: 1893-1953, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Amharic, Chinese, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1893-1953
Extent:
134 items

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