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Improving the Visibility and the Searchability of the Chinese
Special Collections at Leiden
Pagode Semantic Workshop - July 9-10, 2020
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An early 17th century acquisition
重修政和經史證類備用本草, “Revised Roots and Herbs ready for use, arranged with evidence from the Classics and Histories, from the Zhenghe period [1111-1118].” Nanjing: Fuchuntang 富春堂, 1581. Woodblock print with double pages. [SINOL. VGK 7971.42]
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A printed page from the 13th century
儀禮圖,“Illustrated Rules and Rites” (juan 7 p. 1), preface by Yang Fu dated 1228, printed during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) in Jianyang 建陽, Fujian Province. [SINOL. Gulik E 350]
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https://www.library.universiteitleiden.nl/subject-guides/chinese-special-collections
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Collection guides
https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/view/item/1887388
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Digital Collections
https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl
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Zooming in the special collections
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Special collections blog
https://leidenspecialcollectionsblog.nl/
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asianlibraryleiden/
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The catalogue
https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/primo-explore/search?vid=UBL_V1&lang=en_US&sortby=rank
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Aggregated vs disaggregated pinyin:
Tai shang ganying pian tushuo / [Li Changling yuanzhu, Xu Zuanzeng zhuan] →
Tai shang gan ying pian tu shuo / [Li Changling yuan zhu, Xu Zuanzeng zhuan]
Simplified vs traditional characters:
太上感应篇图说 → 太上感應篇圖說
Variants of the same characters:
鑑: 鑒|鍳|鋻|𦉞|㽉|𨰲|鑬|𨰹|𨯿|監
彙: 蝟|猬|𢑷|𢑭|𢑥|𢑯|𧒞|𧳪|𢑤|𢑺|𣉰
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Marc Gilbert Curator of Chinese Special CollectionsLeiden University Libraries [email protected]://asianlibraryleiden.nl
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