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Or 74 b 6

Record Id:

032-003316218

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003316218

MDARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 74 b 6

Title:

[Lunar eclipse of 1671]

Elhe taifin-i juwanci aniya, juwe biyai tofohon de fulhūn coko inenggi dobo[ri biya] be jetere niruga

ᡝᠯᡥᡝ ᡨᠠᠢᠢᡶᡞᠨ ᡞ ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨᠴᡳ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠂ ᠵᡠᠸᡝ ᠪᠢᠶᠠᡞ ᡨᠣᡶᠣᡥᠣᠨ ᡩᡝ ᡶᡠᠯᡥᡡᠨ ᠴᠣᡣᠣ ᠢᠨᡝᡢᡤᡞ ᡩᠣᠪᠣ[ᠷᠢ ᠪᠢᠶᠠ] ᠪᡝ ᠵᡝᡨᡝᠷᡝ ᠨᠢᠷᡠᡤᠠ

Kangxi shi nian er yue shi wu ri ding you ye wang yuen shi tu

康熙十年二月十五日丁酉夜望月食圖

Typús eclipsis lúnæ, anno Christi 1671, Imperatoris Cam̄ Hȳ decimo ... in singúlis Imperij Sinensis provincijs ... auctore P. Ferdinando Verbiest, Societ:^is Jesu, in Regia Pekinensi, Astronomiæ præfecto

Scope & Content:

Calculations of the lunar eclipse in on the date Kangxi 10 (1671), 2nd month, 15th day. In Chinese and Manchu, by Father Ferdinand Verbiest (Nan Huairen, 南懷仁). There is a diagram next to the calculation for each province. The reading order is right to left for the Chinese and left to right for the Manchu.

Cover inscription reads: "Phases lunares Sinico-Tartaricè descriptæ, viz. an account of an Eclips as it appeared in China, printed in the Chinese and Tartar languages answering to each other columnwise, printed by Father Verbiest late Professor of Astronomy in China. This thô small in bulk, is a great Rarity, it being the only think of this kinde now in England. 1700."

The volume bears the stamp of George II, with the date 1757.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Manchu Collection

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003316218

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003316218

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume, in a case

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Chinese
Latin
Manchu

Scripts:

Chinese
Latin
Manchu

Start Date:

1666

End Date:

1676

Date Range:

c 1671

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: ink on paper (blockprint); vellum

Dimensions (frame size): 220 mm x 117 mm

Binding: originally in the form of a roll, it has been folded and mounted on guards and bound between vellum-covered boards

Custodial History:

Bears the stamp of George II, dated 1757

Former Internal References:

15255.d.17
Reg.16.B.IX

Finding Aids:

W. Simon and H.G.H. Nelson, Manchu Books in London: A Union Catalogue (London: British Museum, 1977)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)