Project / Collection: Shui manuscripts from private collections in South Guizhou / Archive Reference (shelfmark): EAP460/36 / Level: [32] Fonds - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Project / Collection Shui manuscripts from private collections in South Guizhou Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP460/36 Level [32] Fonds

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP460/36
Title:: Yao Changxi Family Collection
Scope & Content:: There are six volumes in the collection once belonging to Yao Changxi, a Shui priest in Rongjiang, Guizhou. All are religious texts written in Chinese and Shui scripts in ink on cotton pa'per and used in various rituals by the Yao family. The original size of Yao family's collection is unknown. I...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Sui
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 95 Tiff images

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