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1. Add MS 10592

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Add MS 10592
Title:
Vignettes representing manifestations of Buddhist Saints. [Pu ti ye cai hui fo xiang ji]. [菩提葉彩繪佛像集]. Concertina volume with illustrations on leaves of the ficus religiosa, containing vignettes of manifestations of Buddhist saints (or Luohans) and descriptions of the illustrations on the left side of each picture.
Scope & Content:
China: Colored drawings executed in China, on leaves of ficus religiosa, or Bodhi tree. Buddhists: manifestations of Buddhist saints: written in Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1911
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)

2. Add MS 11707

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Title:
Notitia Linguae Sinicæ 漢語札記 汉语札记 Han yu zha ji
Scope & Content:
P. Premare: Notitia linguæ Sinicæ In Latin with Chinese characters interspersed and with the seal ‘meng ni’
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (320 folios)

3. Add MS 11708

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Add MS 11708
Title:
Transcript of Notitia Linguae Sinicæ (Add. 11707) 漢語札記 汉语札记 Han yu zha ji
Scope & Content:
Notitia linguae Sinicae, a Chinese grammar Copy of the item Add. 11707 Stanislaus Julien: Transcript of Premare's "Notitia Linguæ Sinicæ", containing only the introduction and the second part.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 volume (489 folios)

4. Add MS 11746

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Title:
Bo re bo luo mi duo xin jing, Jin gang bo re bo luo mi jing. 般若波羅蜜多心經一卷, 金剛般若波羅蜜經一卷. Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra with illustrations on leaves of ficus religiosa.
Scope & Content:
China: Buddhist sutras and illustrations on leaves of ficus religiosa (or Bodhi tree). Buddhists: Sacred Books: written in Chinese. Diamond Sutra and Heart Sutra. Inscription on the cover: ‘Wu Liang Shou Fo' (Buddha of Immeasurable Long Life).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

5. Add MS 12341

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Title:
Yogyakarta court records
Scope & Content:
Records from the kraton of Yogyakarta apparently taken from the court at the deposition of Hamengkubuwana II in 1812. A collection of original letters, documents, grants of land, etc., written in Javanese language and script, ranging in date from AJ 1713 to 1739 (AD 1786 to 1812). F.89r contai...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Dutch, and Javanese
Date Range:
1786-1812
Extent:
1 volume; 319 folios

6. Add MS 16282

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Title:
Huang ming jing ji lu. 皇明經濟錄四卷. [Records of the political institutions of the Ming dynasty].
Scope & Content:
Huang ming jing ji lu. 皇明經濟錄四卷. Records of the political institutions of the Ming dynasty in a series of Official Papers, from the 14th to the 16th century, arranged according to subjects. Each paper bears the name of its author. In four parts.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
1 item (457 folios)

7. Add MS 16283

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Title:
'An Nam Chii Lược' (Sketches of Annam by Lê Tắc)
Scope & Content:
The oldest known example of a history written in Hán (classical Chinese) by a private individual as distinct from official history. Lê Tắc, a former Vietnamese official from Nghệ An, wrote this piece in China after he went there with the Mongol invaders in 1285.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

7 volumes

8. Add MS 16284

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Add MS 16284
Title:
Chen wen gong gong feng su tiao yue. Jiangsu qian cao jie lve. 陳文恭公風俗條約一卷. 江蘇錢漕節略一卷.
Scope & Content:
The management of affairs of the Jiangsu Province; compiled by a Deputy-Governor in 1759. Këang-Soo tsëen tseih leo, a short essay on the finances of Këang-Soo. Small Quarto.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1759
Extent:
1 item (20 folios).

9. Add MS 16314

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Title:
借樹山房詩草 Jieshu shan fang shi cao [Draft of poems from the house on Mount Jieshu]
Scope & Content:
借樹山房詩草 Jieshu shan fang shi cao [Draft of poems from the house on Mount Jieshu]. A rough copy of poems from the house on Mount Jieshu. In black and red ink on paper, with red seals. Written by Doctor Yin Shan, composed between 1788 and 1807; in fourteen books. The 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 13th ar...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1788-1807
Extent:

1 volume (456 folios)

10. Or 3478

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Or 3478
Title:
Maps on European paper
Scope & Content:
Maps on European paper, some with cloth backing, various size. (1) Pictorial map of the country between the Irrawaddy and Salween rivers in the area east of Mandalay. Towns and administrative seats marked in Burmese. (2) Another pictorial map, in red, green and black, of the same region. (3)...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Burmese, Chinese, and English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (9 sheets)