/ en /node/1802 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2018-12/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20324_2.jpg.webp?itok=CCa1e6vx" width="655" height="435" alt="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 324" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Sad Case of Neglect: The First Chinese Book in °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Peter Kornicki</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2018): 10</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/172" hreflang="en">Mencius</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/173" hreflang="en">MS 324</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>It is not really a book to linger over: it is rather scruffy, part of the cover is missing, and some of the pages are torn and ragged.&nbsp; What is more, it consists only of volume six and there is no sign of the missing volumes.&nbsp; And to cap it all, it is in Chinese. What was a book like this doing in °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library in the seventeenth century, when nobody in England could read Chinese?</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 324</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2018-12/10NCN3%20%282018%29%20Kornicki%20on%20First%20Chinese%20Book_1.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=978624" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">10NCN3 (2018) Kornicki on First Chinese Book.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">955.69 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:55:24 +0000 Christopher 1802 at