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...
[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.
[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...
Inscribed oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection. It is believed that the inscription, or part(s) of the inscription, on this particular item may have been added during the twentieth century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1300 BC-1050 BC
Extent:
Inscribed bone from China, dating between 1300 and 1050 BC