Shi si jing fa hui; 十四経発揮

Name:

Hua, Shou, active 1360-1370; Xue, Kai, active 1488-1505; Sheng, Yingyang

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1528

Description:

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.

Language:

Chinese

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.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs389.html

Subject:

Blood -- Circulation -- Early works to 1800; Blood -- Circulation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, Digital; Manuscripts, Chinese

Physical Description:

3 volumes (7, 24, 23 leaves) : paper, illustrations; 310 x 180 (245 x 180) mm bound to 310 x 180 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

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).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Chinese.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 389

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)