COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader_Chinese_Crawford_415_vol1
Reference Number:
Chinese Crawford 415
Parent Work Title:
Juyongguan bei liu zhong shu
Alternative Parent Work Title:
居庸關碑六種 書
Translated Parent Work Title:
Six Scripts of the Juyong Pass Inscription
Date Created:
19th century
Volume:
1
Description:
This volume is the first part of a complete transcription of the famous 14th century inscriptions at Juyong Pass (Juyong guan 居庸關) north of Beijing, one of the passes where the Ming would later build their Great Wall. The creation of the original inscription was commissioned in 1342-1345 by the Mongol rulers of China. Buddhist sutras and ‘Records of Merit’ (related to the construction of this monument) were inscribed inside an enormous vaulted portal. These are written in Chinese, Mongolian (written in the Tibetan-based and Mongol-promoted universal Phagspa alphabet), Sanskrit (written in the Mongol-promoted Lantsa script), Tibetan, Tangut, and Uyghur.
Language Code:
chi-CN
Language:
Chinese
Language Code:
san-CN
Language:
Sanskrit
Category of Material:
Printed
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
China
Style Period:
Qing Dynasty
Places Covered:
China
Item Height:
370 mm
Item Width:
260 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 and Andrew West
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-03-09
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