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- Call number
- MssCol 536
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (7 items)
- Preferred Citation
- Chinese manuscripts collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Collection consists of manuscript, scrolls written in Manchu and Chinese, and ink sticks. Manuscript is 16th-century transcription of encyclopedia of Chinese literature written by Emperor Yung Lo in 1408. Scrolls, 1651-1828, are imperial documents done on various colors of silk pasted on paper. Ink sticks (in black lacquer box) form a painting on the front with Chinese characters on the back.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Eames, Wilberforce, 1913Related Material
(CStRLIN)NYPW96-A114
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Conditions Governing Use
Microfilm of manuscript not to be reproduced without permission
Alternative form available
Manuscript available on microfilm; New York Public Library