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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2667
Title:: 御制實心行政說 Yu zhi shi xin xing zheng shuo [Treatise on the Art of Government]
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the art of government: essay by the Jiaqing Emperor, copied with a postscript by Dong Hao. The item contains several seals of Emperors and of Shiqu Baoji and Sanxi Tang. Title on the front cover: Cheng fu zhi zhi, 誠孚郅治.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: c.1711-1799
Extent:: 1 volume (28 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 3493
Title:: [Muntakhab-i] Dīvān-i Navā’ī / منتخب ديوان نوائي
Scope & Content:: Selected poems from Navā’ī’s Dīvān. Copied by Sulṭān-‘Alī Mashhadī and illuminated. The collection of poetry is defective.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chagatai
Date Range:: 15th-16th Century
Extent:: 1 text; 9 ff.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 3494
Title:: Kuasala ainmakan
Scope & Content:: Mahāsupina Jātaka about the dreams of King Pasenadi, the King of Kosala. Buddhist prophecies.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Tai languages
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 20 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4410
Title:: Minārat al-aqdās - ܡܢܐܪ̈ܗ ܐܠܐܩܪܐܣ
Scope & Content:: A Garshuni translation of Bar Hebraeus'' work Menarat Qudše, "the Lamp of the Sanctuary". ff. 1-4v : Various illustrations of the Cross as the Tree of Life. f. 5v. : The cross with a guide the views of the main Eastern Christian sects on the nature of Christ f. 6r: A map of the Temple f. 6v:...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:: 1696
Extent:: 1 text, 213 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4574
Title:: Patent of Jiaqing 11 (1807) [Saicungga fengšen-i juwan emuci aniya jorgon biyai juwan juwe. Abkai hesei ulhibure fungnehen] [ᠰᠠᡳᠴᡠᠩᡤᠠ ᡶᡝᠩᡧᡝᠨ ᠢ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᡝᠮᡠᠴᡞ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠵᠣᠷᡤᠣᠨ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡠᠯᡥᡞᠪᡠᠷᡝ ᡶᡠᡢᠨᡝᡥᡝᠨ] [Jiaqing shi yi nian feng tian gao ming] [嘉慶十一年奉天誥命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese in which the Jiaqing Emperor awards posthumous titles to the parents of the Aliyara aisilakū hafan (ᠠᠯᠢᠶᠠᠷᠠ ᠠᠢᠢᠰᡞᠯᠠᡣᡡ ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ) / Hou xuan yuan wai lang (候選員外郎), Li Lide (李立德). His father, Li Quan (李銓), becomes Tušan kicehe daifan (ᡨᡠᡧᠠᠨ ᡣᡞᠴᡝᡥᡝ ᡩᠠᠢᠢᡫᠠᠨ) / Chao Yi dai fu (朝議...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4611
Title:: ዳዊት Psalter.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: Psalter, ዳዊት. ff. 108 f. 1r. A hallelujatic prayer, almost illegible. ff. 1v-2v. Magical prayers. ff. 3r- 86v. Psalms, Incipit: ፍካሬ ዘጻድቃን ወዘኃጥአን መዝሙር ዘዳዊት ፩ ብፁዕ ብእሲ ዘኢሖረ. ff. 86v-94r. The Canticles of the Prophets of the Old and New Testaments. The gener...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1700
Extent:: 1 item.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4736
Title:: Alphabets and inscriptions
Scope & Content:: Khmer and Lao alphabets. Facsimiles of Sanskrit, Thai, Lao and Khmer inscriptions from Angkor and Korat made by Henri Mouhot, including the first five lines of the Ramkhamhaeng stone inscription. Henri Mouhot's travel documents issued by Siamese authorities.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Central Khmer, Lao, Sanskrit, and Thai
Date Range:: 1860-1861
Extent:: 19 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4762
Title:: တတိယ။ ။တောထွက်တော်မူမည်ကြံသည်အစ။အာဠာရဥဒရသေ့သို့ကပ်တော်မူသည်အဆုံး
Scope & Content:: The third part of an illustrated account of the Buddha''s life, from his resolve to depart from his royal position, and the endurance of various austerities before his enlightenment.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 42 folds

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4897
Title:: Collection of Arabic works from the Senegambian region II
Scope & Content:: A bound volume of around 20 works followed by single pages and fragments of larger works and some Fāwāʾid and ritual practices, bought from Sir Henry Rawlinson in 1895 and probably bound shortly after acquisition. Complete works mainly on fiqh, tawḥīd, hadith and Sufism, with several works by Muḥ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic and Soninke
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 307 ff

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 4897, f 214v
Title:: كتاب البَهَيوم Kitāb al-Bahayūm
Scope & Content:: "The Book of Beasts". A list of animals (elephant, rabbit, scorpion, frog) linked in some way to specific transgressions (drinking alcohol, et cetera).
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 1 f

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