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521. Or 9430

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9430
Title:
皇朝禮器圖式 Huang chao li qi tu shi [Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphenalia of the Qing dynasty].
Scope & Content:
皇朝禮器圖式 Huang chao li qi tu shi [Illustrated Regulations for Ceremonial Paraphenalia of the Qing dynasty]. Illustrated manuscript album depicting ceremonial official costumes, furniture and objects of the imperial court under the Manchu dynasty, with descriptions. The British Library's item i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1736-95
Extent:
1 volume (38 folios).

522. Or 11175

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11175
Title:
甘肅地理攷. Gansu di li kao. [A study of the geography of Gansu Province].
Scope & Content:
A study of the geography of Gansu province by Song Zhizhang 宋之章.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th c.
Extent:

1 volume (11 folios).

523. Or 11517

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11517
Title:
Illustrated poetry album. [歐陽保極等詩畫冊]. [Ou yang bao ji deng shi hua ce].
Scope & Content:
Concertina album with wooden covers containing poetry and landscape paintings. Each folio contains poetry in vertical lines in black ink on paper on the recto side, and a coloured illustration on silk on the verso side for a total of 8 illustrations. Each folio is framed in silk.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1864
Extent:

1 volume (9 folios).

524. Or 11539

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11539
Title:
Chinese export album
Scope & Content:
Export album of Chinese street scenes and occupations. English descriptions of the scenes added in pencil on each folio.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

145 folios

525. Or 11691

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11691
Title:
福次咸詩草 Fu Cixian shi cao.
Scope & Content:
Poetry by Fu Cixian.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

526. Or 11757

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11757
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 6850-6851
Scope & Content:
Chapters 6850 and 6851 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:
44 folios

527. Or 12243 A

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12243 A
Title:
戒俗吏矯飾論 Jie su li jiao shi lun [Examination essay].
Scope & Content:
An examination essay by Chen Mingqiu 陳鳴秋, checked by Liao Shouheng 廖壽恒. Concertina with 9 folios. The first folio contains a red seal and two yellow strips attached to the paper. A separate sheet (foliated as 4*) contains the name of the candidate.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1889?
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios) and one separate sheet.

528. Or 12243 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12243 B
Title:
十事對九賦 Shi shi dui jiu fu ["Fu" poem written for an examination].
Scope & Content:
An examination essay with poem composition by Du Zuohang 杜作航, checked by Liao Shouheng 廖壽恆. Concertina with 5 folios. The first folio contains a red seal and two yellow strips attached to the paper. A separate sheet (foliated at 4*) contains the name of the candidate.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1889?
Extent:
1 volume (5 folios) and one separate sheet.

529. Or 13151

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13151
Title:
[Bilingual Turki-Chinese Laissez-Passer]
Scope & Content:
A laissez-passer granted to a Turkic man employed by Otani, a Japanese official undertaking a visit to Urumqi, possibly for an archaeological expedition. The Turkic man is named as Muhammad Ali Akhund, son of Ghiyas al-Din. The document asks that he be granted leave to travel to Urumqi with Otan...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chagatai and Chinese
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 text, 1 f

530. Or 13160

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13160
Title:
Taemyŏng kwangyŏ ko
Scope & Content:
A Korean copy of a Ming Dynasty Chinese atlas and gazetteer. Includes 26 maps of China and its regions, 1 map of Korea and 1 map of Japan. Undated but probably 19th century. Original preface dated 1610 (萬暦 38).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
2 volumes (138 folios)