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Or 7875

Record Id:

032-003315387

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003315387

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 7875

Title:

Okhwan kŭibong 玉環奇逢

Scope & Content:

Title from cover. Title at head of text: Okhwan kŭibong 옥환긔봉.

'The miraculous encounter of the jade rings' . A Korean novel based on a Chinese tale telling the story of the early life of the future Emperor Gwangwu (died 57 CE), founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Korean Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

12 volumes

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Korean

Scripts:

Hangul
Korean

Start Date:

1850

End Date:

1900

Date Range:

1850-1900

Era:

Place of Origin:

Korea

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Physical Characteristics:

Format: 12 volumes in 3 modern boxes. 890 folios in total. Vol. 1 has 84 folios, vols. 2-12 have been foliated consecutively from 1-806. Vols. 1-5 and 12 have 9 vertical lines of text per page, vols. 6-11 have 10 vertical lines of text per page.

Material: Ink on paper.

Dimensions: 284 x 200 mm.

Script: In Hangŭl. Text written by several different hands

Binding: On double leaves in traditional Korean style 5-hole side-stitched binding with yellow embossed paper covers.

Custodial History:

Formerly owned by Alfred Burt Stripling (1838-1904).

Source of Acquisition:

Acquired by the British Museum from Stanley Steele 24 May 1913.

Publications:

For further discussion of this manuscript see: W. E. Skillend, Kodae sosŏl: a survey of Korean traditional style popular novels (London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1969.), pp. 152-153

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Stripling, Alfred Burt, 1838-1904

Subjects:

Korean fiction -- 1392-1894
Korean literature -- 1392-1894