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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Or 7363

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7363
Title:
Kŭmsansa changŏp yŏnŭi 금산사창업연의
Scope & Content:
'Romance of the Foundation Feast at the Chin Shan Temple'. Title from head of text. Cover title: Kŭmsansa mongyurok 金山寺夢遊録 'Record of a Dream Journey to the Chin Shan Temple'. A Korean novel set in China in which the founders of several Chinese dynasties attend a banquet at the Chin Shan Temple...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1796
Extent:
1 volume (75 folios)

5. Or 7367

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7367
Title:
Chosŏndo 朝鮮圖
Scope & Content:
A set of nine maps comprising a map of the whole of Korea and individual maps of the eight provinces according to the traditional system used until 1895 . The bound volume has the spine title 'Atlas of Korea', individual maps have titles on the reverse in Hangŭl. Map 1: 팔도총도, 2: 경기도, 3: 츙쳥도 [충청...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
c.1800-1895
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

6. 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)

7. Or 7449

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7449
Title:
Chōsen kokuji toku 朝鮮國字讀
Scope & Content:
A copy of a Korean reading book written by the Japanese scholar and bureaucrat Arai Hakuseki 新井白石 (1657-1725). The Korean rendering of the title is 'Chosŏn kukcha tok'. The text is in Korean Hangŭl script with a Japanese interlinear translation in katakana/kanji script. The colophon is dated 172...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese and Korean
Date Range:
1720-1885
Extent:

1 volume (37 folios)

8. Or 7458

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7458
Title:
Kisa chin p'yori chinch'an ŭigwe 己巳進表裏進饌儀軌
Scope & Content:
An illustrated Korean manuscript describing ceremonies conducted in the first month of 1809 to mark the 60th anniversary of the consummation of the marriage of Lady Hyegyŏng (Hyegyŏnggung Hong Ssi, 1735-1815 惠慶宮洪氏), widow of Crown Prince Sado of Korea.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1809
Extent:
94 folios

9. Or 7865

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7865
Title:
Yugim sisa 六任眎斯
Scope & Content:
A Korean copy of a Chinese work on divination. Chinese reading of title: 'Liu ren shi si'. Cover title:　'Kwachŏn 課傳' The two prefaces are dated 乾隆歳乙未 [1775] but this copy probably dates from the mid 19th century. The main text is in Hanmun but there are annotations in Hangŭl.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and Korean
Date Range:
1775-1875
Extent:

1 volume (54 folios)

10. Or 7869/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7869/1
Title:
Chinsin naean 縉紳内案
Scope & Content:
Cover title. List of ministries, departments and officials of the central government and regional administrationof Korea according to the traditional bureaucracy used during the Chosŏn Dynasty until 1894. Companion volume to Or 7869/2 Chinsin oean 縉紳外案
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1776-1834
Extent:

30 folios