Shandong Province Library copy

Information on Tianwenlue copy at Shandong Provincial Library is as follows:

天問略一卷［葡萄牙陽瑪諾撰　明萬歷刻本　十行二十二字白口左右雙邊有刻工］

Tianwenlue. 1 volume. [written by Manuel Dias from Portugal; Ming block print from the Wanli era; page layout: 10 lines, 22 characters per line]

It is not clear if this copy is identical with the one mentioned by Albert Chan in his ARSI catalogue.

This copy needs to be checked.

Images of TWL - Wooden Block vs. Movable Type

The Images of the TWL version included in the Imperial Encyclopaedia are definitely different from the ones in other editions, especially the First Collectanea of Heavenly Studies. They also carry legends! I think this is related to the fact that the Imperial Encyclopaedia was printed with movable type (one of the very few works in traditional China to use that technology).

Does the Qiankun tiyi have any images at all? We should check that.

Disposition of Space in Scientific Texts China vs. Europe

Compared to traditional Chinese texts, the TWL has a lot of headers (some of which are not questions per se). This could be influenced by the European tradition. In order to establish that, we need to look carefully at both traditions and go from there.

Related to that is also the question of interpunctuation - some editions are, some editions are not interpunctuated. Why? Who did the interpunctuation? Marie-Theres discovered btw already one interpunctuation mistake.