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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16868
Title:: 杜甫春夜喜雨.
Scope & Content:: This manuscript is written on golden fan shape paper and mounted in a frame. This calligraphy was written by Liu Zhengcheng (劉正成, 1946- ) in summer 2012. The content "春夜喜雨 (Delighting in Rain in a Spring Night) is one of Du Fu's (杜甫, 712-770) poems describing rain on a spring night. The colophon ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 2012
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16869
Title:: 製茶景全圖
Scope & Content:: This concertina album contains 10 paintings about preparing tea from transplanting to transporting. Each image is on the left side of the opening and accompanied by printed Chinese and English text on the right side. The covers of the album are wooden boards with "fu (福)" carved on the front. Th...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1900-1960
Extent:: 1 volume (11 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16872
Title:: 臨江仙·滾滾長江東逝水
Scope & Content:: This calligraphy was written by Du Benji (都本基), the official Chinese Olympics 2008 calligrapher, on his visit on 7 Aug 2012. The content is taken from the preface of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The information above can be found in the colophon '三國演義開篇詞，壬辰年都本基書'. There is a square stamp with t...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 2012
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16879
Title:: 中國古代名人圖
Scope & Content:: Twelve silk paintings of famous people accompanied by biographies of each subject printed in Chinese and English. The famous schalors in the volume include Su Shi 蘇軾、Li Bai 李白、Han Yu 韓愈. Each opening has a painting of the figure on the left hand side along with their name and a description in Ch...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and English
Date Range:: 1900-1960
Extent:: 1 volume (12 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16899
Title:: 上論卷十六
Scope & Content:: This silk document includes the text of the Analects (論語). It is believed to have been a tool for cheating during the imperial civil service examinations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: before 1911
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16903
Title:: 縱觀玄覽
Scope & Content:: This piece of calligraphy on fan-shaped golden paper is by Liu Zhengcheng (劉正成, 1946 - ) in 2013. This item was presented to, Graham Hutt, curator of the Chinese collections. The details above can be seen in the colophon: "葛漢先生。癸巳，正成". There are two stamps in red ink: "正成之印" in intaglio and "蜀西...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 2013
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16943 (A)
Title:: 拜倫詩歌選 Bailun shi ge xuan [Lord Byron's Poems]
Scope & Content:: Contemporary scroll by calligraphy master Zhang Yulin, with the poems of Lord Byron poems in Chinese. Presented to the British Library by Zhang Yulin's son, Zhang Zimeng.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 2015
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16943 (B)
Title:: 大憲章 Da Xianzhang [Magna Carta]
Scope & Content:: Contemporary scroll by calligraphy master Zhang Yulin, with the text of the 1215 Magna Carta in Chinese. Presented to the British Library by Zhang Yulin's son, Zhang Zimeng.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 2015
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Orb 30/8113
Title:: Chinese album of theatre masks
Scope & Content:: Chinese concertina album with 12 illustrations of theatre masks on a silk background. The item appears to be not completed: the front of the folios are blank, as well as the title space.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1930s
Extent:: 1 volume (12 folios)

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