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Or.59.aa.1
- Record Id:
- 032-003882029
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003882029
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121653812.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100185602542.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.59.aa.1
- Title:
- Feiqe no monogatari ; Esopo no fabvlas ; Qincvxv
- Scope & Content:
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Variant titles: Heike monogatari 平家物語 ; Isoho monogatari 伊曽保物語; Kinkushū 金句集
Author/compiler: Unknown. The Christian convert Fabian may have been involved in adapting and annotating the works.
Imprint: Amakusa, 1593.
Description: 1 volume bound in western style containing the texts of Feiqe no monogatari and Esopo no fabvlas and Qincvxv accompanied by a combined preface and a glossary of 'difficult' words in the first two works.
Dimensions: 16.2 x 10.6 cm.
Movable type (printed on a European printing press brought to Japan by the Jesuits). Text in romanised Japanese throughout.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003882029", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or.59.aa.1: Feiqe no monogatari ; Esopo no fabvlas ; Qincvxv" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003895073", "parent" : "032-003882029", "text" : "Or.59.aa.1/1: Feiqe no monogatari" },{ "id" : "040-003895074", "parent" : "032-003882029", "text" : "Or.59.aa.1/2: Esopo no fabvlas [Esopo no fabulas]" },{ "id" : "040-003896171", "parent" : "032-003882029", "text" : "Or.59.aa.1/3: Qincvxv [Qincuxu]" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003882029
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Or.59.aa.1/1 : Feiqe no monogatari
Or.59.aa.1/2 : Esopo no fabvlas [Esopo no fabulas]
Or.59.aa.1/3 : Qincvxv [Qincuxu]
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- 032-003882029
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100185602542.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1593
- End Date:
- 1593
- Date Range:
- 1593
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Good, despite frequent handling.
Impression: Type shows comparatively little sign of wear.
Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on last page of printed glossary and manuscript vocabulary.
Binding: The whole book was rebound in 1928, in brown half-leather. Original binding no longer survives. Text printed on ganpi paper, folded in-octavo.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired by Sir Hans Sloane c. 1712 and 1720.
- Finding Aids:
- Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). C. Japanese works 和書 4. Literature - kanbun 国文学－漢文
- Publications:
- Nihon koten bungaku daijiten 日本古典文学大辞典, vol. 2, p. 239; Kirishitan-ban no kenkyū きりしたん版の研究, p. 135 and passim; The Jesuit mission press in Japan, 1591-1610; Amakusa-ban kinkushū no kenkyū 天草版金句集の研究; see also detailed bibliography in Kirishitan-ban no kenkyū, p. 213.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)