Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 389: Shi si jing fa hui The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2015 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library LJS 389 4824235 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4824235 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. Chinese Shi si jing fa hui Hua, Shou, fl. 1360-1370 Xue, Kai, fl. 1488-1505 Sheng, Yingyang

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 3 volumes (7, 24, 23 leaves) : 310 x 180 (245 x 180) mm. bound to 310 x 180 mm Paper, 54 double sheet folios; [Vol. 1, 1-7; Vol. 2, 8-24; Vol. 3, 25-54]; no foliation marked on leaves. Written in 12 columns of 24 characters. Written in kaishu script. 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) Diagram, f. 13v (V.2) Diagram, f. 15v (V.2) Diagram, f. 18v (V.2) Diagram, f. 23v (V.2) Diagram, f. 26v ( Diagram, f. 28v (V.2) Diagram, f. 31v (V.2) Diagram, f. 36v (V.3) Diagram, f. 39v (V.3) Diagram, f. 41v (V.3) Diagram, f. 44v (V.3) Diagram, f. 48v (V.3) Diagram, f. 51v (V.3) Diagram, f. 54v (V.3)

Modern paper covers, sewn.

Written in China after 1528 (date of preface).

after 1528 China Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd., cat. 23 (2000), no. 40, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011. Blood--Circulation--Early works to 1800 Codices Treatises Drawings (visual works) Manuscripts, Digital Manuscripts, Chinese--16th century