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Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 1403A
Title:: Javanese document
Scope & Content:: A single piece of palm-leaf, with Javanese text on one side, and Chinese on the reverse. The Chinese text is a record of the purchase of four cows, and is dated possibly 1715: 乙未年正月初五日買牛四隻艮□廿九文□ The text is dated 乙未年正月初五日, 5th day of 1st month of yi wei year, equivalent to 10 Feb 1655 (Shunzh...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Javanese
Date Range:: 1715
Extent:: 1 folio of palm-leaf

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 1403E
Title:: Javanese document
Scope & Content:: A single piece of bamboo, with two lines of Javanese text and annotations in Javanese and Lampung script on one side, and Chinese on the reverse. Probably a record of an account, possibly dated 1708. Chinese text: □甲螺打甲之厘勿殺〇之厘勿殺同□□再借去鉛子四仟/戊子年四月十四日借去鉛子拾伍仟議还米每文六于冬算〇係去覽榜限至三箇月。 The text is dated ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Javanese
Date Range:: 1708
Extent:: 1 piece of bamboo

Reference (shelfmark):: Sloane MS 4019
Title:
Scope & Content:: Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Fragments of miscellaneous catalogues: 18th cent. Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Collection of his loose papers and letters: 17th-18th centt. includes: f. 1 Le Normand Cany: Description of hangings made by: 18th cent. f. 5 Theophrastus: Notæ ex ejus libro "De tribus P...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Yongle dadian (24 volumes)
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典
Scope & Content:: Chinese imperial encyclopaedia, commissioned by the Yongle Emperor and completed in 1408. This is the second manuscript edition (Jiajing to Longqing period 1562-72). The volumes are unique and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1562-1572
Extent:: 24 volumes

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