All the translations shown on this page are reasonably accurate:
1: 寿 "Show-- signifies Long Life"
This is correct; we now spell it "Shou" in pinyin.
Curiously enough, they are using the "simplified" or abbreviated form of the character; the "full" form is 壽
1: 寿 "Show-- signifies Long Life"
This is correct; we now spell it "Shou" in pinyin.
Curiously enough, they are using the "simplified" or abbreviated form of the character; the "full" form is 壽
https://twitter.com/MaddyPelling/status/1224332146531282945
福 "Foke or Fohe [...] Equally signifies happiness"
Again, a correct translation. The top is the character in the standard hand; the bottom is in "Seal Character" 篆書.
This is not actually a cypher., but rather an archaic form of writing preserved for ceremonial purposes...
Again, a correct translation. The top is the character in the standard hand; the bottom is in "Seal Character" 篆書.
This is not actually a cypher., but rather an archaic form of writing preserved for ceremonial purposes...
... such as seals. The one immidiately below it is he word written in the chinese equivalent of cursive writing ( 草書? 行書？)
沈 Chum "The name of a Canton or part of the island Hoey Noam
香 Hay-ong - Signifies sweet-scented.
This is a fine scented wood, fo which the Duchess of Portland has a fan, the sticks whereof is made by this wood"
香 Hay-ong - Signifies sweet-scented.
This is a fine scented wood, fo which the Duchess of Portland has a fan, the sticks whereof is made by this wood"
In english, this wood is called Agarwood or Aloeswood. This explanation is interesting, as it is contrary to the modern interpretation: "Chum Hayong" = Chen xiang is so called because the wood sinks (Chen) when placed into water...
The transcription of the word 香 as "Hay-Ong" It might be from Cantonese cam4 hoeng1 en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B2%89…
It would be interesting to consider what part of "Hoey Noam"were they thinking about when they said "沈". For one, @Willie62160407 thinks it may be Hainan, as do i...
https://twitter.com/Willie62160407/status/1374620681346838529
Again, as notes, the quality of the Chinese writing is actually very good, much better than what you would see in most early European books: (eg: this is supposed to represent 癸亥) as @StatesWarring notes, they may have gotten a native speaker to do it
https://twitter.com/schrift_sprache/status/1179752295212486656
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