A handbook of 'Phags-pa Chinese / W. South Coblin.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-307) and indexes.

'Phags-pa Chinese script: its invention, textual attestation, and historical background -- Brief review of'Phags-pa Chinese studies -- Analysis and interpretation of the 'Phags-pa alphabet -- Structural and historical consideration of the 'Phags-pa Chinese sound system -- Glossary of 'Phags-pa Chinese forms -- Pinyin index to Chinese characters in the glossary -- Stroke order index to Chinese characters in the glossary -- Index to transliterated 'Phags-pa orthographic forms in the glossary.

"'Phags-pa is of immense importance for the study of premodern Chinese phonology. However, the script is difficult to read and interpret, and secondary materials on it are scattered and not easily obtained. The present book is intended as a practical introduction to 'Phags-pa Chinese studies and a guide for reading and interpreting the script. A Handbook of 'Phags-pa Chinese will be of special interest to Chinese historical phonologists and scholars concerned with the history and culture of China and Central Asia during the Yuan period (1279-1368 A.D.)"--Jacket.

Local access dig.pdf. [Coblin-Phags-pa Chinese.pdf].

L'Empire jaune de Genghis-Khan / Joachim Barckhausen ; Préface et traduction du Dr George Montandon.
Translation of: Das gelbe Weltreich : Lebensgeschichte einer Macht.
"Ex Libris Alphonse Maillet, Shanghai, mars 1940” [collection uniformly bound in reddish brown boards].

Taibei edition info: Jianqiao Zhongguo shi / Denis Twitchett, John K. Fairbank zhubian ; Han Fuzhi zhuyi, Gao Mingshi zongjiaoding 劍橋中國史 / Denis Twitchett, John K. Fairbank 主編 ; 韓復智主譯 ; 高明士總校訂.

English ed. contents: The Liao / Denis Twitchett and Klaus-Peter Tietze -- The Hsi Hsia / Ruth Dunnel -- The Chin dynasty / Herbert Franke -- The rise of the Mongolian empire and Mongolian rule in north China / Thomas Allsen -- The reign of Khubilai khan / Morris Rossabi -- Mid-Yuan politics / Hsiao Ch'i-Ch'ing -- Shun-ti and the end of Yuan rule in China / John Dardess -- The Yuan government and society / Elizabeth Endicott-West -- Chinese society under Mongol rule, 1215-1368 / Frederick W. Mote. rule, 1949-1982.

A study of the Ming Shih Lu 明史錄 / S. Mano 間野潛龍 -- The mechanics of the Northern Defense System under the Ming / J. Tamura 田村實造 -- Development of the K'ai Chung Law (Kaizhongfa 開中法) / T. Terada 寺田隆信 -- Study of the Dayan Khan / J. Hagiwara 萩原淳平 -- Inquiry into the social structure of the Chien-chou (Jianzhou Nüzhen shehui 建州女真社會) Jurchens in Ming times / Y. Kawachi 河內良弘 -- A study of the Mukun-Tatan system / T. Mitamura 三田次村泰助 -- The Tibetan situation from the late Yuan to early Ming (Yuanmo Mingchu 元末明初) / H. Sato 佐藤長 -- A study of the Ch'i Chü Chu (Qijuzhu 起居注) of the last three Ming reigns / S. Imanishi 今西春秋.

L.C. Goodrich. Westerners and Central Asians in Yuan China. -- K. Enoki. Marco Polo and Japan. -- L. Olschki. Marco Polo, Dante Alighieri e la cosmografia medievale. -- E.H. Schafer. A fourteenth century gazetteer of Canton. -- A. Mostaert. Le mot Natigay/Nacigay chez Marco Polo. -- E. Haenisch. Die Schriftfrage im mongolischen Ostreich.--K.A.N. Sastri. Marco Polo on India. -- B. Spuler. La situation de l' Iran à l'epoque de Marco Polo. -- É. Balazs. Marco Polo dans la capitale de la Chine. -- R. Wittkower. Marco Polo and the pictorial tradition of the marvels of the East. -- L. Hambis. Le voyage de Marco Polo en Haute Asie. -- P. Demiéville. La situation religieuse en Chine au temps de Marco Polo.

"Pinghulu 平胡錄 (first part of sixteenth century) ... Notes on the rise and fall of different insurgents during the last years of the Yuan dynasty and on the final overthrow of this dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhang...." Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 57 [2.3.10].
Pinghanlu 平漢錄 (16th century).....Record of Taizu’s suppression in 1363 of Chen Youliang 陳友諒 who had established in 1359 his kingdom of Han with his residence at Jiangzhou 江州 (Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi)......Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 57 [2.3.13].
Pingwulu 平吳錄 (late 15th or early 16th century)..... Record of Taizu’s struggle against and final suppression in 1367 of Zhang Shicheng 張士誠, who had been ruling southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang since 1356.... Cf. Franke, An introduction to the sources of Ming history, p. 57 [2.3.9].

Princely gifts and papal treasures : the Franciscan mission to China and its influence on the art of the West, 1250-1350 / Lauren Arnold.

Includes bibliography (p.201-213) and index.

Contents:
Prologue: The Spring of 1288 -- I. The Franciscan Mission to China: an introduction -- II. Rabban Sauma brings gifts to Rome: 1288 -- III. Beijing 1294-1304: the establishment of the first Latin Christian Church -- IV. Rome, Assisi and Avignon: 1294-1304 -- V. Peregrinantes pro Christi: China 1304-1328 -- VI. Franciscans in Europe: 1304-1338 -- VII. In the far west lived the great Horses of Heaven...China 1328-1348 -- VIII. The end of the Franciscan Mission: the Black Death in Europe 1348-1363 -- IX. Princely gifts and Papal treasures: the artistic legacy of China in Europe -- X. Assessing the Franciscan presence in China: the archaeological and artistic evidence.
Addenda: 1. Cities in China with various spellings. 2. The Yuan dynasty. 3. Royal collectors in Europe.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-213) and index.

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The Franciscans had active and prolonged contact with China during the century of the Pax Mongolica (ca. 1250--1350). They established missions in China and carried princely gifts back and forth between the popes in Rome and the Yuan emperors in Beijing. The author documents this extensive medieval contact, and proposes that a significant exchange occurred between the artistic traditions of east and west during this era as well.

Contents: Yuandai zhi guanzhi yu bingzhi 元代之官制與兵制 -- Menggu kuli'ertai zhi yanjiu 蒙古庫利爾台(卽國會)之硏究 -- Yuanchao paifu kao 元朝牌符考 -- Menggu zhi zhamayan yu zhisunyan 蒙古之詐馬宴與只孫宴.
民國23 [1934].

Anxi,a garrison and supply center in western China, strategic for it's access to both the Taklamakan Desert and the mountain regions, established in the 9th century but became a Muslim kingdom under the Mongols. Sources indicate modern Gansu/Xinjiang border region.