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501. Or 7694/1985

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7694/1985
Title:
Shang dynasty oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1300 BC-1050 BC
Extent:
Inscribed bone from China, dating between 1300 and 1050 BC

502. Or 7694/1986

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7694/1986
Title:
Shang dynasty oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1300 BC-1050 BC
Extent:
Inscribed bone from China, dating between 1300 and 1050 BC

503. Or 7694/1987

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7694/1987
Title:
Shang dynasty oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1300 BC-1050 BC
Extent:
Inscribed bone from China, dating between 1300 and 1050 BC

504. Or 7694/1988

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7694/1988
Title:
Shang dynasty oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1300 BC-1050 BC
Extent:
Inscribed bone from China, dating between 1300 and 1050 BC

505. Or 7857/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7857/1
Title:
四庫鴻文：乾隆御覽制寳 Si ku hong wen: Qianlong yu lan zhi bao
Scope & Content:
Six miscellaneous essays by Emperor Qianlong written by Peng Yuanrui (彭元瑞).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
c 1795-c 1799
Extent:

Volume 1 of 2 (38 folios)

506. Or 7857/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7857/2
Title:
四庫鴻文：乾隆御覽制寳 Si ku hong wen: Qianlong yu lan zhi bao
Scope & Content:
Six miscellaneous essays by Emperor Qianlong written by Peng Yuanrui (彭元瑞).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
c 1795-c 1799
Extent:

Volume 2 of 2 (47 folios)

507. Or 7865

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7865
Title:
Yugim sisa 六任眎斯
Scope & Content:
A Korean copy of a Chinese work on divination. Chinese reading of title: 'Liu ren shi si'. Cover title:　'Kwachŏn 課傳' The two prefaces are dated 乾隆歳乙未 [1775] but this copy probably dates from the mid 19th century. The main text is in Hanmun but there are annotations in Hangŭl.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
1775-1875
Extent:

1 volume (54 folios)

508. Or 8159

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8159
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 20850-20851
Scope & Content:
Chapters 20850 and 20851 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:
51 folios

509. Or 8209

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8209
Title:
Oudeli ke jia hua ci dian. 歐德理客家話詞典. [Eitel's Hakka Dictionary].
Scope & Content:
Dictionary of Hakka compiled by Dr Ernst Johann Eitel, German-born protestant missionary in China and civil servant in Hong Kong (1838-1908).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1838-1908
Extent:
4 volumes (1475 folios).

510. Or 8218/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8218/1
Title:
Vietnamese theatre, vol. 1
Scope & Content:
Part of a collection of 46 plays and legends, possibly from Hue, the capital of Vietnam during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1945). Most of the plays do not have the author’s name, date and place except one play (Sự tích ra tuồng) which has a line reading ‘làm vào ngày tháng tốt năm Tự Đức...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1840-1860
Extent:
1 volume