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2061. Or 14024

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14024
Title:
Kidung specimens
Scope & Content:
Kidung specimens. On f. 1r is a note: ‘Specimens of Javanese-Balinese kidung (traditional poems) copied in the Balinese script by Ida Bagus Rai Buda of Gria Gunong Sari, Peliatan, Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali, on 21 May 1981, at the request of Dr G.E. Marrison, British Library.’ Contains ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Balinese
Date Range:
1981
Extent:

9 folios

2062. Or 14028

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14028
Title:
Կիպրիանոս Kiprianos, Prayer scroll
Scope & Content:
An Armenian scroll containing prayers from the church fathers, magical formulae (talismans), extracts of healing stories from the Gospels, and invocations for protection against spells and sickness. Illuminations in the style of 17th-century Constantinople Gospel books: the Holy Trinity, Adam ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Armenian
Date Range:
1655-1680
Extent:
1 item

2063. Or 14175

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14175
Title:
Պատմութիւն Ռուբինեանց Ազգին Patmut'iwn Ṛubineants' azgin History of the Ṛubinean Dynasty by Vahram Ṛabuni
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscript containing: The History of the Ṛubinean Dynasty by Vahram Ṛabuni, in 1,500 lines of verse. f.1r Title page f.1v Blank f.3r Short title followed by text f.49r Colophon f.49v Blank
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Armenian
Date Range:
1828
Extent:
1 item, 49 ff

2064. Or 14480/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/1
Title:
Deshima monkan 出島門鑑
Scope & Content:
A handwritten copy of a wooden pass issued by the Otona 乙名 of Moto-Furukawa-machi 本古川町 Nakano Jinzaemon 中野甚左衛門 allowing access to the island of Deshima for a servant. Probably issued for Engelbert Kaempfer’s servant Imamura Gen’emon 今村源右衛門 (1671-1736).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

2065. Or 14480/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/2
Title:
Ukejō no koto 請状之事
Scope & Content:
Written guarantee from Irako Yajirō 伊良子弥次郎 to the official in charge of the island of Deshima for the good conduct of Imamura Gen’emon 今村源右衛門 (1671-1736), servant of Engelbert Kaempfer. Bears annotations and partial transcription in Kaempfer’s hand. Annotation on reverse: "A treatise of the dut...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1692
Extent:
1 sheet

2066. Or 14480/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/3
Title:
Dai Nihon nengōzu 大日本年号図
Scope & Content:
A list of Japanese era names from 641 to 1688 with dates in western calender added by Engelbert Kaempfer
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1688-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

2067. Or 14480/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/4
Title:
Deyaparuma [Diapalma]
Scope & Content:
A description of the effects of a diapalma plaster, a European treatment favoured by Engelbert Kaempfer for the treatment of burns. Annotated on reverse: "Some obervations on lucky & unlucky days. Examined by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

2068. Or 14480/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/5
Title:
Practice sheet of Japanese characters
Scope & Content:
A practice sheet of Kanji with corrections and pronunications added. A later English annotation (possibly by Sir Hans Sloane) reads “A vocabulary”. Undated but acquired by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet

2069. Or 14480/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/6
Title:
List of Japanese government officials
Scope & Content:
List of names of various officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692. Annotated on reverse: "Not understood by Chetqua, 4 Jan 1771".
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

2070. Or 14480/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14480/7
Title:
List of Japanese government officials
Scope & Content:
List of names of officials of the Tokugawa Bakufu with annotations by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716). Undated but acquired by Kaempfer in Japan 1690-1692.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1690-1692
Extent:
1 sheet.

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