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21. Add MS 22048

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Title:
首善全圖 Shou shan quan tu [Map of Peking]
Scope & Content:
This coloured map shows a detailed city view of the capital Peking (now Beijing, China). The map covers the area from Anding men (Chi: 安定門) and Desheng men (Chi: 德勝門) to Yongding men (Chi: 永定門) and Zuo’an men (Chi: 左安門)、You’an men (Chi: 右安門). The black and white version of this map is availabl...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 scroll

22. Add ms 22689

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Title:
趙千里書畫祝壽冊 - 雲臺獻瑞
Scope & Content:
Daoist manuscript concertina album with 16 illustrations depicting Daoist legends. Texts written in golden ink with images painted on blue background.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1750
Extent:
2 boxes (1 volume with 19 folios and 1 box with silk case)

23. Add MS 22690

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Title:
Miao fa lian hua jing Guanshiyin Pusa pu men pin. 妙法蓮花經觀世音菩薩普門品一卷. Avalokitesvara Sutra in Chinese.
Scope & Content:
Folding book containing the Avalokitesvara Sutra in Chinese.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1705
Extent:
1 volume

24. Add MS 22691

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Title:
Collection of memorials and letters in English, Chinese and Manchu.
Scope & Content:
Contains several memorials and letters in English, Chinese and Manchu. One letter is dated Daoguang 22 (1842), in Chinese and in an English translation, from Lieutenant-General Hailing (海齡) to the Daoguang Emperor. Contains a separate letter in Manchu, also from Hailing, also dated 1842.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, and Manchu
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:

Letters in Chinese and Manchu, between boards covered with yellow silk, tied with yellow string

25. Add MS 22691 (5)

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Title:
A Chinese memorial and an English translation of it
Scope & Content:
Two items bear the reference Or 22691 (5). The first, a memorial in Chinese, was sent from Lieutenant General Hailing (海齡) to the Daoguang Emperor. It is housed within an envelope with Chinese characters giving the date, 1842: (Daoguang 22, 4th Month 4th day), and measures 213 mm x 991 mm when u...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 folded sheet inside an envelope; 1 folded sheet

26. Add MS 22691/6

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Add MS 22691/6
Title:
Memorial in Manchu from Lieutenant-General Hailing (海齡) to the Daoguang Emperor, dated 1842.
Scope & Content:
A memorial, in Manchu, addressed to the Daoguang Emperor inside an envelope of Imperial yellow silk. The envelope gives the date, Daoguang 22 (1842) [4th day of the 4th month of the 22nd year of the reign of the Doro Eldengge Hūwangdi] and a description of the contents [one letter]: Doro eldengge...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Manchu
Date Range:
1842
Extent:
One folded paper sheet inside a silk envelope

27. Or 59 e 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 59 e 7
Title:
[春宮圖] [Chun gong tu]. Chinese "pillow book": album of pornographic scenes set in various surroundings. Chinese export album.
Scope & Content:
Chinese export album with pornographic scenes. No text present.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
before 1911
Extent:
1 volume (12 folios)

28. Or 1234

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1234
Title:
御筆十全記 Yu bi shi quan ji [Qianlong's Ten Victories]
Scope & Content:
Qianlong's Ten Victories: chronicle of ten successful campaigns conducted by the Emperor in 1790. The author is the Emperor himself, and the manuscript contains the Emperor’s own handwriting embroidered on silk. The item had been incorrectly catalogued in the past as "A poetical account of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1792
Extent:

1 volume

11 folios

29. Or 1304

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1304
Title:
地理輯要 Di li ji yao [An abstract of chiromantic and geomantic lore]
Scope & Content:
Title written on the tail. This manuscript includes many topics related to numerology and geomancy including illustrations and mnemonics related to divination, instructions for calculating fortunes, and geomantic diagrams. Bears the signature 'Douglas' on the verso of folio 73; possibly Robert...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1644-1875
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)

30. Or 1305

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1305
Title:
紀效新書 Ji xiao xin shu [New Treatise on Military Efficiency]
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains volumes (juan 卷) 10 and 12 of the New Treatise on Military Efficiency (Ji xiao xin shu 紀效新書) compiled by Qi Jiguang (1528-1588). These two volumes introduce the usage of long spears (qiang 鎗) and staffs (gun 棍). The content includes instructions, mnemonics, and illustrat...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1644-1875
Extent:
1 volume (65 folios)