Chinese manuscripts collection

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 536", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"536", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Chinese manuscripts collection"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1522-1828", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1522/1828"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 linear foot (7 items)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1522

date_inclusive_end

1828

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 13M?"}

{"date"=>"1913", "source"=>"Eames, Wilberforce", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Eames, Wilberforce, 1913"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Manuscript available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

userestrict

{"value"=>"<p>Microfilm of manuscript not to be reproduced without permission</p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"value"=>"<p>(CStRLIN)NYPW96-A114</p>", "type"=>"host"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>See also records for Prayer Boards, Printing Blocks (other series in Oriental Manuscripts Collection)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

langmaterial_code

chi

tut

keydate

1522

prefercite

{"value"=>"Chinese manuscripts collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" 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.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 linear foot (7 items)

date_start

1522

date_end

1828

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