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Shi si jing fa hui.
十四経発揮.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Oversize LJS 389
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Chinese
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Penn Provenance:
  • Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd., cat. 23 (2000), no. 40, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
  • Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
  • Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
Physical Description:
3 volumes (7, 24, 23 leaves) : paper, illustrations ; 310 x 180 (245 x 180) mm bound to 310 x 180 mm
Production:
[China], [after 1528]
Language Note:
Chinese.
Summary:
14th-century treatise on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of blood vessels, as organized at the end of the 15th century by Xue Kai, who added a commentary. Includes an additional preface written by Sheng Yingyang in year 7 of the Jiajing period (1528). The manuscript is on bamboo paper mounted on modern paper.
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  • Ms. codex.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Layout: Written in 12 columns of 24 characters.
  • Script: Written in kaishu script.
  • Foliation: Paper, 54 double sheet folios; [Vol. 1, 1-7; Vol. 2, 8-24; Vol. 3, 25-54]; no foliation marked on leaves.
  • Decoration: 14 medical drawings in ink of human figures (Vol. 2: f. 13v, 15v, 18v, 23v, 26v, 28v, 31v; Vol. 3: f. 36v, 39v, 41v, 44v, 48v, 51v, 54v)
  • Binding: Modern paper covers, sewn.
  • Origin: Written in China after 1528 (date of preface).
Local Notes:
Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
Cited in:
Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 94-95, 97 (LJS 389).
Cited as:
Oversize LJS 389
OCLC:
792896831
Online:
The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page

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