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              21 Archival description results for Chinese culture and life

              GB 891 TM-TM/17-TM/17/2 · File · [1930-1940]
              Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

              Small handwritten catalogue of the Books of Thomas Manning that were in the Chinese Collection of the RAS Library. Each item has an individual sheet which names, describes and dates the publication. It is unknown when this catalogue was made but before the Chinese Collection was donated to the Brotherton Library in 1963.

              Notes and Notebooks

              Thomas Manning was an inveterate note-taker, making notes about all aspects of knowledge that interested him. These notes and notebooks cover from his early mathematical and poetical musing, through his travels in China and Tibet to later concerns regarding Roman Catholic emancipation. They have been organised into various sections mainly according to their subject manner.Thus:

              • TM/9/1: Notebook with inserts from time at university to later life and covering all topics.
              • TM/9/2 - 5 A series of notebooks from Manning's time in China and Tibet including notes on his travels and language studies
              • TM/9/6 Loose notes from Chinese period
              • TM/9/7 Pocket almanacs with annotations
              • TM/9/8 Poetry and Riddles
              • TM/9/9 Mathematical Notes and Notebooks
              • TM/9/10 Notes on Roman Catholic Emancipation
              Manning Thomas 1772-1840
              GB 891 TM-TM/9-TM/9/2 · File · [1810-1817]
              Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

              Notebook containing notes on Tibetan vocabulary. Also some Latin notes and notes on events and people in China; grammar notes; English lists of words. In the back of the book is a partial journal of his time in Tibet - mostly the beginning of the journey and includes an entry about meeting the Dalai Lama "This day I saluted the Grand Lama!! Beautiful Youth. Face poetically affecting. Could have wept. Very happy to have seen him & his blessed smile. hope often to see him again". Large, half-calf notebook, warped, handwritten in pencil and ink.
              Inserted into the notebook:

              • Note to and from Thomas Beale concerning whether Beale was expecting the Hoopoo, handwritten, undated
              • Vocabulary list 4 sheets of Chinese writing including two copies of a contract between Manning and Gao Hengxin for 1000 yuan, dated 20 January 1815
              • "Recipe for [Hang yummtoy] or Almond Syrup", Letter from Sian Seng.

              Letter from [L.M. de la Bipachere] to Monsieur Chaigneau, capitaine francais au service du roi de cochinchina. He writes concerning a purchase he has made and to recommend Manning - student in mathematics and languages, who is polite and of delicate sentiment. The letter is undated [1808], handwritten in French, 1 piece, 2 sides