Xi fan yi yu - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Chapter one, astronomy, geography, calendar, people; chapter two, people, bodies, palaces, utensils; chapter three, utensils, clothes, sound and color, classics; chapter four, documents from the Hui State, documents translated from foreign countries, documents from the Gaochang State, documents from Myanmar (Burma), documents from eight hundred states, documents from the Tartar State, documents from India.

On double leaves, oriental style, in case.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Gift W.W. Rockhill.

鈔本 白口 無版匡欄格 全書高18.7寬10.7公分.

行字不等. Number of lines and characters per line varies.

函脊題「西番譯語」。無書名頁。冊1-3中縫只題各部分名稱，冊4中縫無題字。無序、凡例、目錄。每半葉有四或八詞語，各有番、漢、音譯一行。額題「西番譯語」，下無署名。冊1含天文、地理、時令、人物，冊2含人物、身体、宮室、器用，冊3含器用、衣服、声色、經部，冊4含回回國書、百譯國書、高昌國書、緬甸國書、八百國書、韃靼國書、天竺國書。此書用舊書書葉裱襯，裱襯之書似分屬編年史書及詩文集.

tibetan language glossaries vocabularies etc poetry of places asia poetry chinese chinese rare book digital collection asian asian division chinese rare book collection library of congress xi fan yi yu ultra high resolution high resolution manuscripts astronomy early renaissance china

1400 - 1500

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