In:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 24, No. 1 ( 2014-01), p. 115-124
Abstract:
In 1950 this journal published Charles Boxer's description of the Codex that bears his name and is now in the Lilly Library in Bloomington, Indiana. In this article I shed light on a number of questions about the volume that he left unanswered. The plan of the essay is as follows. First, I recapitulate the nature, composition and contents of the Codex, and its associations with Chinese artists. Next, I turn to evidence that the explorer Quíros saw the manuscript in the court in Madrid no later than 1610; in particular I compare the text of his Summary relation with part of the Boxer Codex. Finally, an examination of the binding shows the Codex was only bound in Madrid, strongly suggesting how and when it got to Spain.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0035-869X
,
2051-2066
DOI:
10.1017/S1356186313000552
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2014
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2052836-X
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2971643-3
SSG:
0
SSG:
6,24
SSG:
6,23
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