I noticed this ownership seal said "university" so I was like "oh, I wonder which Chinese university this could be, let me look it up"
... Harvard. It says it's from the Harvard University Library. They have an official Chinese seal for stamping their Chinese manuscripts


Brian Campbell
in reply to abadidea • • •abadidea
in reply to Brian Campbell • • •@unlambda they both say something, but the lower one is in a deliberately over-ornate, impossible-to-read style, I can only make out "book" (probably as part of "library" but I'm not sure). the more vertical, legible one says Harvard 哈佛。
It's typical for these types of manuscripts to have more than one ownership seal; you just add a new one every time it changes hands. Some art pieces have dozens.
Lety Does Stuff
in reply to abadidea • • •@unlambda Been looking at this on and off all day
四朙 was obviously the region and then 經樓藏書印 is a common phrase, but the rest was some obscure 篆書 bullshit
Finally arrived at 四朙盧氏抱經樓藏書印 which I'm 95% sure is correct 🤞🤞🤞