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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14312
Title:: 活字 Huo zi [Moveable type]
Scope & Content:: Twelve pieces of moveable type in a box, eleven of which are made of metal. The remaining one is in wood and bears the character for 'plum' (梅). There is a red silk pouch bag together with the blocks.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: before 1985
Extent:: 1 box (12 blocks)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14362
Title:: 良朋會集畫冊 Liang peng hui ji hua ce [Painting album]
Scope & Content:: Album of landscape paintings with Chinese poetic inscriptions. The title has been written on the wooden cover along with 朵珊親筆 [made by Duo Shan].
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: before 1911
Extent:: 1 volume (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14363
Title:: 標下八營合摻金銷陣圖與標下八營合摻雲梯攻城陣圖 Biao xia ba ying he chan jin xiao zhen tu yu Bao xia ba ying he chan yun ti gong cheng zhen tu [Illustrations of military strategy]
Scope & Content:: Two volumes of military manuals dating from the Qing dynasty including instructions for military in front of each illustration. The printed manuals include the "golden key" and "golden cloud ladder" formations both used for co-ordinating drills under the command of the eight brigades. Textile fr...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: before 1911
Extent:: 2 volume (41 and 4 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14371
Title:: 唐藝文志注 Tang yi wen zhi zhu [Annotations on the Treatise on Literature]
Scope & Content:: A box of four volumes containing annotations on the Treatise on Literature.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1911 - 1986
Extent:: 4 volume (489 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14390
Title:: Han-Chung myŏngsŭng toch'ŏp 韓中名勝圖帖
Scope & Content:: Title supplied by cataloguer. 'Album of Scenic Spots in Korea and China' containing calligraphy and ten folded leaves depicting ‘real-view’ landscape paintings. Five leaves depict Chinese scenery and five show Korean landscapes. The calligraphy is an extract from Du shan hai jing 讀山海經 [On readin...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Korean
Date Range:: 1775-1825
Extent:: 1 volume (11 leaves)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14446
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 14219-14220
Scope & Content:: Chapters 14219 and 14220 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1562-1572
Extent:: 65 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14515
Title:: 顧廷龍篆書 Gu Tinglong zhuan shu [Calligraphy by Gu Tinglong in seal script]
Scope & Content:: The content of this calligraphy scroll consists of three main parts: 1. The main text: "Cultural exchange, friendship remains" (文化交流友宜長存) 2. Signature: "Offered as a souvenir to the British Library in June 1988 by the Director Emeritus of Shanghai Library Gu Tinglong" (英國圖書館留念，一九八八年六月上海圖書館名譽館長顧廷...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1988
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14554
Title:: 鎮海縣輿圖 Zhenhai xian yu tu [Map of Zhenhai county]
Scope & Content:: Folding manuscript map of part of Zhenhai county (now part of Ningbo city, China) and its surroundings. It shows land-holdings in the coastal area and provides agricultural descriptions of certain lands. The map is mounted on red patterned paper.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14568
Title:: 招子庸竹蘭圖拓片 Zhao Ziyong zhu lan tu ta pian [Zhao Ziyong's rubbings of bamboo and orchid]
Scope & Content:: Four scrolls of rubbings including: Bamboo by Zhao Ziyong (招子庸, 1768-1847) Orchid by Zhao Ziyong, dated the gengyin year of Daoguang 道光庚寅 [1830] Annotation of Zhao Ziyong's bamboo by Chen Zhongliang Annotation of Zhao Ziyong's orchid by Chen Zhongliang, dated the gengyin year of Daoguang 道光庚寅 [...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: c 1830 - 1911
Extent:: 4 scrolls

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14575/1
Title:: 淳菁閣仿古詩牋 Chun jing ge fang gu shi jian [Chunjing ge antique letter paper]
Scope & Content:: 26 letter papers and two envelopes made by the stationery shop Chunjing Ge in Liulichang, Beijing. The main subject of the letter papers are the patterns from the Ten Bamboo Studio and a few of them are related to historical figures like Su Shi. Most figures also come with a short description to...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1912-1949
Extent:: 1 volume (28 folios)

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