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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 3611
Title:: 仇十洲璇璣圖 Qiu Shizhou xuan ji tu [Picture of the Turning Sphere with paintings attributed to Qiu Ying]
Scope & Content:: The 'Picture of the Turning Sphere' 璇璣圖, or 'Star Gauge', is a figural or palindrome poem created by Su Hui 蘇蕙 during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period (304-439). It consists of a grid of 840 characters (29 x 29 with a central blank square) and can be interpreted as many different poems by reading it ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 16th century
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4152
Title:: 雲南兩迤夷類圖説 Yunnan liang yi yi lei tu shuo [Illustrations of indigenous people in Yunnan]
Scope & Content:: Forty-four illustrations of Yunnan indigenous people's daily life or customs together with Chinese texts
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1810
Extent:: 1 volume (47 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4153
Title:: 苗圖 Miao tu [Illustrations of Miao tribes]
Scope & Content:: Forty-eight illustrations of Miao tribes' daily life or customs together with Chinese texts
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1810
Extent:: 1 volume (24 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4447
Title:: [A collection of ballads from Peking]
Scope & Content:: One manuscript volume including various Bai ben zhang's ballads. Stamp '別還價百本張' (Bie huan jia bai ben zhang) appears on the first page of each ballad. Two other associated volumes can be requested with shelfmarks Or 4448 and Or 4449.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1735-1891
Extent:: 1 volume (324 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4449
Title:: [A collection of ballads from Peking]
Scope & Content:: One manuscript volume including various Bai ben zhang's ballads. Stamp '別還價百本張' (Bie huan jia bai ben zhang) appears on the first page of each ballad. Two other associated volumes can be requested with shelfmarks Or 4447 and Or 4448.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1735-1891
Extent:: 1 volume (275 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4464
Title:: [Plays From Tianjin]
Scope & Content:: A volume of manuscript versions of nine plays from Tianjin. There is no general title for the whole volume, but single titles for each play (listed below). Some of them are described as belonging to the repertoire of Chongqing (重慶班) , and others to that of Anqing (安慶班). They consist of comedies ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1644-1891
Extent:: 1 volume (194 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4465
Title:: [Plays From Tianjin]
Scope & Content:: A volume of manuscript versions of nine plays from Tianjin. There is no general title for the whole volume, but single titles for each play (listed below). Some of them are described as belonging to the repertoire of Chongqing (重慶班) , and others to that of Anqing (安慶班). They consist of comedies...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1644-1891
Extent:: 1 volume (179 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4473
Title:: 西番譯語 Xi Fan yi yu [Dictionary of Tibetan-Chinese vocabulary]
Scope & Content:: Dictionary of Tibetan-Chinese vocabulary. There are eighteen categories including astronomy, treasure, and people.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Tibetan
Date Range:: before 1891
Extent:: 1 volume (102 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4474
Title:: 滇宼紀略 Dian kou ji lue
Scope & Content:: An account of the war in Yunnan-during the wars of the end of Ming dynasty.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1644-1891
Extent:: 1 volume (131 folios)

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