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1. ADD 14054

Reference (shelfmark):
ADD 14054
Title:
The Lord's Prayer in the Coreen language
Scope & Content:
The Lord's Prayer in Korean, written in Hangŭl with a phonetic rendering in the Latin alphabet. Explanatory note in French begins "Extrait d'une lettre de M Raix missionaire de la congregation de la mission a Pekin et un de mandarins Europeins dans le tribunal des mathematiques de cette capita...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Korean
Date Range:
1800-1843
Extent:
1 sheet

2. Or 4612

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4612
Title:
Korean examination paper
Scope & Content:
Examination paper (sigwŏn 試卷) for the literary examination (mun'gwa 文科) of the traditional Korean state examinations (Kwagŏ 科擧). The righthand section of the paper bearing the identity of the candidate is still folded and sealed. The inscription Hamgyŏng-do 咸鏡道 indicates that the candidate was f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
1800-1893
Extent:
1 scroll

3. Or 4820

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4820
Title:
Spiegel der Sprache von Koorai (Dschaō-siān) mit schinesischer u. japanischer Übersetzung
Scope & Content:
Chinese transliterated title on title page: Yn wâ chán dschaō siān wên kián. Title page continues: Die tausend Schriftbilder; Eine Samlung koraaïscher Worte; Koraaïscher Buchstabenlehre; Tagebuch schriftbrüchiger Kooraïer; Anhang von Gedichten. Contents: Transcriptions of several Korean texts ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, German, Japanese, and Korean
Date Range:
1850-1870
Extent:
1 volume (61 folios)

4. Or 5713

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5713
Title:
Kyŏmjae hwach‛ op 謙齋畫帖
Scope & Content:
'Picture album by Kyŏmjae '. According to the title slip on the front cover this is supposedly a collection of pictures by the Korean artist Chŏng Sŏn (1676-1769) (studio name Kyŏmjae). However, while one or two of the paintings resemble works by Chŏng Sŏn, variation in styles and quality of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1850-1900
Extent:

1 volume (17 folios)

5. Or 5714

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5714
Title:
Chosŏn chŏndo 朝鮮全圖
Scope & Content:
A set of 9 maps comprising a map of the Korean peninsula and maps of each of its traditional 8 provinces. The maps written entirely in hangŭl. 1 Chosŏn chŏndo됴션젼도 2 Kyŏnggi-do Ch'ungch'ŏng-do 경기도 츙쳥도 3 Chŏlla-do 쳔라도 4 Kyŏngsang-do 경샹도 5 Kangwŏn-do 강원도 6 Hwanghae-do 황ㅎㆎ도 7 P'yŏngan-do 평안도 ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1890-1896
Extent:
9 folded sheets

6. Or 5715

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5715
Title:
P'alto kunhyŏn chido 八道郡縣地圖
Scope & Content:
A set of maps of the provinces of Korea, arranged by region. Vol.1. Kwandong Kwanbuk do 關東關北圖: contains a total of 53 maps, 27 of Kangwŏn province 江原道 and 26 of Hamgyŏng province 咸鏡道. Vol.2. Kiho do 畿湖圖: contains a total of 92 maps, 40 of Kyŏnggi 京畿道 province and and 52 of Ch’ungch’ŏng provinc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1800-1900
Extent:
4 volumes

7. Or 6793

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6793
Title:
Tongguk munhŏn pigo 東國文獻備考
Scope & Content:
The second edition of the Korean encyclopedia, edited and enlarged by Yi Man-un 李萬運 (1723-1797) and later by his son Yi Yu-jun (李儒準) and completed in 1809. The first edition compiled by Kim Ch'i-in 金致仁 (1716-1790) was printed in 1770. The manuscript edition of 1809 was re-copied in 1813 and it...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1813
Extent:

102 volumes

8. Or 6997

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6997
Title:
Chosŏndo 朝鮮圖
Scope & Content:
A set of 26 maps of Korea. Each map contains a section across the peninsula, folded between original yellowish brown paper covers. The covers of individual maps bear the names of the main locations in each. The maps have been bound into 2 Western bindings after entering the British Museum with...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1800-1900
Extent:
2 volumes

9. Or 6998

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6998
Title:
Tongsa kangmok 東史綱目
Scope & Content:
A manuscript copy of the 'Compendium of Eastern history' compiled by An Chŏng-bok 安鼎福 (1712-1791), an account of Korean history to the end of the Koryŏ Dynasty in 1392. The manuscript is undated but contains the original preface of 1778: 聖上卽祚之三年戊戌(1778)仲春...安鼎福書于木州之用晦堂中.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1778-1900
Extent:
20 volumes

10. Or 7362

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7362
Title:
Ch'unch'u yŏlgukchi
Scope & Content:
A Korean novel set during the "Spring and Autumn Period" of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, possibly based on an unidentified Chinese original. The manuscript is written in several different hands and the volumes vary in size suggesting that it may have been a composite set put together for a lending...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1759-1762
Extent:
7 volumes (1244 folios)