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3471. Or 7413

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7413
Title:
太上靈寶朝天謝罪懺
Scope & Content:
Ten manuscript chapters of Daoist text 太上靈寶朝天謝罪懺 (Tai shang ling bao chao tian xie zui chan) bound in one Western-style volume.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1870
Extent:
1 volume (278 folios)

3472. Or 7455

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7455
Title:
[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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1810
Extent:
1 volume (139 folios)

3473. Or 7456

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7456
Title:
誠心痛悔前過
Scope & Content:
A manuscript volume recording the repentance of Shi Chang (世昌) to God.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1899
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

3474. Or 7604

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7604
Title:
御制玉釜佩詩 Yu zhi yu fu pei shi [Imperial jade-axe ornament poetry]
Scope & Content:
Imperial jade-axe ornament poetry
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
c 1783
Extent:

1 volume (13 folios)

3475. Or 7605

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7605
Title:
御制詩 Yu zhi shi [Imperial poetry]
Scope & Content:
Imperial poetry, copy made by Jin Shisong
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
c 1711-c 1799
Extent:

1 volume (8 folios)

3476. Or 7616

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7616
Title:
Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 11903-11904
Scope & Content:
Chapters 11903 and 11904 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:
48 folios

3477. Or 7690

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7690
Title:
康熙聖諭 Kangxi sheng yu
Scope & Content:
Copy of Imperial edict ordering a geographical survey of the Empire on the 59th year of the Kangxi Emperor (= 1720).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1720-1912
Extent:

1 volume

3478. Or 7694/1506

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7694/1506
Title:
Shang dynasty oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨)
Scope & Content:
Inscribed oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1300 BC-1050 BC
Extent:
Inscribed bone from China, dating between 1300 and 1050 BC

3479. Or 7694/1506-2125

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7694/1506-2125
Title:
Oracle bone collection 甲骨
Scope & Content:
A unique series of oracle bones (jia gu 甲骨) from the Couling-Chalfant collection. These animal bones date from the late Shang dynasty (around 1300-1050 BCE) and are among the oldest items in the British Library. They bear carved inscriptions which record divination rituals involving the Shang ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1300-1050BC
Extent:

Inscribed bones from China, dating from between 1300 and 1050 BCE.

3480. Or 7694/1507

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7694/1507
Title:
Shang dynasty oracle bone (jia gu 甲骨)
Scope & Content:
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

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