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21. 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)

22. 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

23. 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

24. Add MS 22691 (5)

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Add MS 22691 (5)
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

25. Or 59 e 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 59 e 7
Title:
[春宮圖] [Chun gong tu]. Chinese "pillow book": album of pornographic scenes set in various surroundings. Chinese export album.
Scope & Content:
Chinese export album with pornographic scenes. No text present.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1911
Extent:
1 volume (12 folios)

26. Or 1234

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1234
Title:
御筆十全記 Yu bi shi quan ji [Qianlong's Ten Victories]
Scope & Content:
Qianlong's Ten Victories: chronicle of ten successful campaigns conducted by the Emperor in 1790. The author is the Emperor himself, and the manuscript contains the Emperor’s own handwriting embroidered on silk. The item had been incorrectly catalogued in the past as "A poetical account of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1792
Extent:

1 volume

11 folios

27. Or 1304

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1304
Title:
地理輯要 Di li ji yao [An abstract of chiromantic and geomantic lore]
Scope & Content:
Title written on the tail. This manuscript includes many topics related to numerology and geomancy including illustrations and mnemonics related to divination, instructions for calculating fortunes, and geomantic diagrams. Bears the signature 'Douglas' on the verso of folio 73; possibly Robert...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1644-1875
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

28. Or 1305

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1305
Title:
紀效新書 Ji xiao xin shu [New Treatise on Military Efficiency]
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains volumes (juan 卷) 10 and 12 of the New Treatise on Military Efficiency (Ji xiao xin shu 紀效新書) compiled by Qi Jiguang (1528-1588). These two volumes introduce the usage of long spears (qiang 鎗) and staffs (gun 棍). The content includes instructions, mnemonics, and illustrat...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1644-1875
Extent:
1 volume (65 folios)

29. Or 2179

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2179
Title:
瑜伽焰口施食起止規範 Yu jia yan kou shi shi qi zhi gui fan [Etiquette of Yogacara Offering Service]
Scope & Content:
Main title: Yu jia yan kou shi shi qi zhi gui fan 瑜伽焰口施食起止規範 written on the recto of 2nd folio. Alternative title : Yu jia yan kou shi shi yi 瑜伽焰口施食儀 written at the end of the volume (f.96r). Colophon in red ink: 崇禎九年八月吉旦 靜心書寫戒弟子 [Written by a disciple in a calm and peaceful state of mind on t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1636
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

30. Or 2231

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2231
Title:
歷代帝王像 Li dai di wang xiang [Portraits of the rulers of successive dynasties]
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains colour portraits of 86 rulers of China (including emperors and other important power holders) in China from Fuxi 伏羲 to the Qianlong 乾隆 Emperor, including two female rulers, Empress Lu in the Han dynasty and Empress Wu Zetian. Each portrait is accompanied by a basic descr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1735-1796
Extent:
1 volume (87 folios)