• Illustration from the Amba/Ajige meyen-i fafun selgiyen

    Military regulations for drill, signalling and commands. Manuscript in Manchu and Chinese. The colophon reads: Drawings of the left camp of the right wing of the infantry regiment, final copy by regimental soldier Fushou 福壽 and officer Yongxiang 永祥.
    Shelfmark: Libri sin. N. S. 1913

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  • Map draft of mountains and rivers between Urumqi and Ili

    The map is part of an A6 writing pad with together 15 leaves with drawings and note by Albert Grünwedels about the first German expedition to Turfan (1902-1903) with the shelfmark TA 6876-24. The original is at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst. On the collection and projekt see here.

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  • Year of the rabbit

    Extract from a Thai manuscript on the prediction of the future by means of the year of birth (sign of the zodiac), the element and the month, probably 19th century
    (Hs. or. 6568)

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