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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 m.y.c.gilbert@library.leidenuniv.nlhttp://asianlibraryleiden.nl

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