Illustrative Leaves of the Astronomical Instruments made for Peking Observatory? from 'Liber Organicus', by Ferdinand Verbiest, Beijing, China, 1668? (MHS Record Details: IRN 14977, Inventory number 61060)

Record Details

Illustrative Leaves of the Astronomical Instruments made for Peking Observatory? from 'Liber Organicus', by Ferdinand Verbiest, Beijing, China, 1668?

Inventory Number:

61060

Object Type:

Persons:

Ferdinand Verbiest

Date Created:

1668?

Place Created:

Beijing China Asia

Accession Number:

Library acc. no. 1977-30

Brief Description:

Set of 105 Chinese woodblock prints, on thin rice paper, one hundred and five separate sheets, each approximately 390 x 460mm. Three additional sheets of thicker paper; possibly outer covers.
[Library Accession no. 1977-30]

Primary Inscriptions:

On outer cover to folio of prints, handwritten in [later] faded ink, 'Chinese Course of Experimental Philosophy'

Provenance:

Purchased in 1977 with the assistance of the PRISM Fund.

Collection Group:

Dimensions:

Height	Width	Depth	Diameter	Unit
390	460			mm

Narratives

Special Exhibition Label: 'Heaven on Earth; Missionaries and the Mathematical Arts in 17th-century Beijing' ' (24 May ? 7 September 2008) - 'Verbiest in Beijing' & 'The Chinese Heaven'
Special Exhibition Labels: 'Heaven on Earth; Missionaries and the Mathematical Arts in 17th-century Beijing' ' (24 May ? 7 September 2008) - individual leaves

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Illustrative Leaves of the Astronomical Instruments made for Peking Observatory? from 'Liber Organicus', by Ferdinand Verbiest, Beijing, China, 1668?

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