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2. Add MS 5252/108-115
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/108-115
- Title:
- Silk-embroidered flowers and plants collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Silk embroideries of flowers and plants of Chinese manufacture, each cut out and pasted down on a rectangular sheet of paper measuring ca. 255 x 195 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (8 items)
3. Add MS 5252/60-64
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/60-64
- Title:
- Silk-embroidered figures in Japanese costumes collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Figural silk embroideries manufactured in China showing figures in Japanese costumes, pasted down on paper, each sheet measuring 275 x 205 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (8 items)
4. Add MS 5252/11-20
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/11-20
- Title:
- Watercolours of temples and other buildings, executed by a Japanese artist, collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Ten watercolours of Japanese temples and beauty spots mainly around Kyoto. The items are mounted individually. On the verso of each item is an inscription in Japanese executed in brush calligraphy indicating the place name, as well as a transliteration of the same in in Latin script. A list of the p...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Japanese
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (10 items)
5. Add MS 5252/21-30
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/21-30
- Title:
- Watercolours of temples and other buildings, executed by a Japanese artist, collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Ten watercolours of Japanese temples and beauty spots mainly around Kyoto. The items are mounted individually. On the verso of each is an inscription in Japanese executed in brush calligraphy indicating the place name, as well as a transliteration of the same in in Latin script. A list of the place ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Japanese
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (10 items)
6. Add MS 5252/31-40
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/31-40
- Title:
- Watercolours of temples and other buildings, executed by a Japanese artist, collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Ten watercolours of Japanese temples and beauty spots mainly around Kyoto. The items are mounted individually. On the verso of each is an inscription in Japanese executed in brush calligraphy indicating the place name, as well as a transliteration of the same in in Latin script. A list of the place ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Japanese
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (10 items)
7. Add MS 5252/41-50
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/41-50
- Title:
- Watercolours of temples and other buildings, executed by a Japanese artist, collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Ten watercolours of Japanese temples and beauty spots mainly around Kyoto. The items are mounted individually. On the verso of each is an inscription in Japanese executed in brush calligraphy indicating the place name, as well as a transliteration of the same in in Latin script. A list of the place ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Japanese
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (10 items)
8. Add MS 5252/51-59
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/51-59
- Title:
- Textile appliques and Japanese watercolours collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Japanese watercolours and multi-media works pasted on paper collected by Dr Engelbert Kaempfer. Summary description of contents: 51-52. Textile appliques (oshi-e) of two flowering branches, pasted down on a rectangular paper support measuring 195 x 295 mm. In relief on the paper mount, these appliqu...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Japanese
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (9 items)
9. Add MS 5252/old covers
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/old covers
- Title:
- Old covers of Add MS 5252
- Scope & Content:
- These are the original covers of Add MS 5252. It is a British Museum binding of red goatskin tooled in gold, measuring 530 x 390 mm. Written in golden characters on the spine are the words 'Japanese Chinese Drawings / MSS Kaempfer / Mus. Brit. / Sloane / 5252 / XL.B'. Some of the folios on which the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Extent:
-
old covers of Add MS 5252
10. Add MS 5252/1-10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5252/1-10
- Title:
- Watercolours of temples and other buildings, executed by a Japanese artist, collected by Dr. Engelbert Kaempfer
- Scope & Content:
- Ten watercolours of Japanese temples and beauty spots around Kyoto, preceded by a loose sheet of paper inscribed in English with the title: "Drawings of Japanese Temples & other Buildings, as also of their habits & done by the Japanese themselves, and brought fom thence by Dr. Engelbert Kempfer. Bas...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Japanese
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 1 box (11 items)