COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL20030562
Reference Number:
Chinese Crawford 460
Parent Work Title:
Zhapu xiaojixiao Dešun zhi fumu
Alternative Parent Work Title:
乍浦驍騎校德順之父母
Translated Parent Work Title:
[To the] Father and Mother of Dešun, Lieutenant of Zhapu [garrison]
Date Created:
1835
Page/Sheet:
Frame 5
Image Sequence Number:
005
Description:
This scroll is an example of a document issued in both Chinese and Manchu. Certificate to the parents of a successful army office named Dešun. This scroll is an example of a document issued in both Chinese and Manchu during the Qing empire.
Language Code:
mnc
Language:
Chinese
Language Code:
man
Language:
Manchu
Subject:
China--Military history
Subject:
Multilingualism
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
Medium:
Ink
Creation Site:
China
Style Period:
Qing Dynasty
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Item Height:
330 mm
Item Width:
2500 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Zheng Yaying and John B. W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (1991), revised and expanded by Johannes S. Lotze
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-03-11
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2021-09
Educational Notes:
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Collection Code:
Rylands
