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3461. Or 6995

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6995
Title:
大慈大悲陀羅尼神咒 Da ci da bei tuo luo ni shen zhou [Great Compassion Dhāraṇī]
Scope & Content:
The full name of the Dhāraṇī is 千手千眼觀世音菩薩廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼經大悲神咒 which is also know as 大悲心陀羅尼 (Skt: Mahā Karuṇā-citta Dhāraṇī) or 大悲咒 (Skt: Mahā Karuṇā Dhāraṇī). The Dhāraṇī belongs to the Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion, who is traditionally believed to listen to the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
c 1700-1909
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

3462. Or 7358

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7358
Title:
[Hesei toktobuha Wargi aiman-i hergen be emu obuha ejetun bithe] [ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡨᠣᡴᡨᠣᠪᡠᡥᠠ ᠸᠠᠷᡤᡞ ᠠᠢᠮᠠᠨ ᠢ ᡥᡝᠷᡤᡝᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡝᠮᡠ ᠣᠪᡠᡥᠠ ᡝᠵᡝᡨᡠᠨ ᠪᡞᡨ᠌ᡥᡝ] Qing ding Xiyu tong wen zhi 欽定西域同文志
Scope & Content:
A geographical dictionary in six languages. This volume contains the first 5 juan (卷) of a 24 juan work, arranged as 4 silk-covered parts together in a western binding. Entries run from right to left. The place-name is given first in Manchu script, followed by a description of the location and i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian, Oirat, Tibetan, and Uighur
Date Range:
c 1766
Extent:
4 parts bound together in 1 volume; total of 169 folios.

3463. Or 7360

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7360
Title:
聖跡全圖. Sheng ji chuan tu. Scenes from the life of Confucius (2 volumes).
Scope & Content:
Two concertina volumes with printed illustrations of the life of Confucius, with handwritten captions in Chinese and additional later English notes in pen. It appears to be an incompleted work containing only chapters 1-5 of 24. Written on the item in English: Plates illustrative of the Life o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
before 1815
Extent:

2 volumes (81 folios in total).

11 folios

3464. Or 7364

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7364
Title:
[《本草綱目》植物名錄]. ["Ben cao gang mu" zhi wu ming lu]. Names of plants described in the Ben cao gang mu (Compendium of Materia Medica).
Scope & Content:
Names of plants described in the Ben cao gang mu (Compendium of Materia Medica), with later additions in pen (English translations and Wade-Giles transliterations) and pencil (some attempts to add the Latin names of the plants listed). The British Museum hard cover spine reports: Or 7364, Brit...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 volume (30 folios).

11 folios

3465. Or 7365

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7365
Title:
路程一卷. Lu cheng. Itinerary of China.
Scope & Content:
中英合璧。主要記錄南方江、浙、贛、閩、粵間水路航程、里數，各關口放行例等。
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

1 volume (71 folios).

11 folios

3466. Or 7371

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7371
Title:
Chinese - Latin Dictionary [漢語-拉丁語字典] [Han yu - la ding yu zi dian].
Scope & Content:
A Chinese-Latin dictionary arranged according to the sounds in Portuguese transliteration, with radical index. Compiled by Jesuit missionaries.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Latin
Date Range:
1750?
Extent:

1 volume (548 folios).

3467. Or 7377

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7377
Title:
Taebang kwangbul Hwaŏmgyŏng 大方廣佛華彦嚴經. Volume 32
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
1392-1420
Extent:
1 volume (58 pages)

3468. Or 7378

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7378
Title:
天主十誡勸論聖蹟
Scope & Content:
A manuscript volume recording the Ten Commandments.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1909
Extent:
1 volume (100 folios)

3469. Or 7408

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7408
Title:
[吸食鴉片圖匯].
Scope & Content:
An album containing 24 coloured drawings illustrating the practise of opium smoking.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
Before 1909
Extent:
1 volume

3470. Or 7411

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7411
Title:
[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.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1774
Extent:
1 scroll.

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