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11. Or 4612

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4612
Title:
Korean examination paper
Scope & Content:
Examination paper (sigwŏn 試卷) for the literary examination (mun'gwa 文科) of the traditional Korean state examinations (Kwagŏ 科擧). The righthand section of the paper bearing the identity of the candidate is still folded and sealed. The inscription Hamgyŏng-do 咸鏡道 indicates that the candidate was f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
1800-1893
Extent:
1 scroll

12. Or 6554

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6554
Title:
Ji gu yin pu. 集古印譜.
Scope & Content:
Impressions of ancient Chinese seals, with handwritten transcriptions of the corresponding characters. This item consists of four parts bound together, corresponding to juan (卷) 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the original work.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1644
Extent:
1 volume (133 folios)

13. Or 6682

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6682
Title:
御笔知过论 Yu bi zhi guo lun [A Treatise on Reflection of Myself] by the Qianlong Emperor.
Scope & Content:
This item comprises three main pieces: 1) 1 concertina volume with red lacquer covers containing the text of "A treatise on reflection of myself", written by the Qianlong Emperor. In the handwriting of the author, with his seal and signature. Each character is written on brown paper squares of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1782
Extent:

1 volume

14. Or 6703

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6703
Title:
御筆讀洪範 Yu bi du hong fan
Scope & Content:
Contains Emperor Qianlong's essay and reflections after reading the Hong Fan (treatise on laws).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1788
Extent:

1 volume

15. Or 6814/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6814/1
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 11887-11888
Scope & Content:
Chapters 11887 and 11888 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:
37 folios

16. Or 6814/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6814/2
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 13876-13878
Scope & Content:
Chapters 13876, 13877 and 13878 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:
63 folios

17. Or 6971

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6971
Title:
Yu shuo. 玉說.
Scope & Content:
A Chinese treatise on jade by Tang Rongzuo.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1890
Extent:
1 volume (38 folios)

18. Or 7377

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7377
Title:
Taebang kwangbul Hwaŏmgyŏng 大方廣佛華彦嚴經. Volume 32
Scope & Content:
An illustrated Korean manuscript of volume 32 (part of Chapter 25) of the 'Buddhāvatamsaka-mahāvaipula Sūtra' or 'Avatamsaka Sūtra' [Flower Garland Sutra], one of the major texts of the Chinese Huayuan (Korean: Hwaŏm) school of Buddhism. The manuscript has no colophon and is undated but on sty...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
1392-1420
Extent:
1 volume (58 pages)

19. Or 7411

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7411
Title:
[Xiuning liu tang Zhan shi jia chuan]. [休寧流塘詹氏家傳]. Illuminated genealogy of the Zhan family.
Scope & Content:
A scroll containing calligraphy and coloured potraits of the Zhan family, descendants of King Suan (or Hsüan), the eleventh king of the Zhou dynasty. This work was originally complied by Wang Huijing in 1677. This is a manuscript copy made in 1774.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1774
Extent:
1 scroll.

20. Or 7455

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7455
Title:
[馬禮遜漢英字典草稿] [Malixun Han Ying zi dian cao gao] [Preliminary draft of Morrison's Chinese-English dictionary]
Scope & Content:
The preliminary draft of Morrison's Chinese-English dictionary, with an introductory essay in English on the problems of Chinese/Western language dictionaries. It is arranged by radical order. It contains different sections, including "Mr Morrison's orthography of the Chinese language" and a tabl...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 volume (139 folios)