György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 183 Divination Oirat manuscript, 19th/20th century pothi of white (now greasy yellowish) Russian paper, 21.8 : 8.3 (text in double-lined red frame, 19.7 : 7) cm, Oirat pagination on the left margin, recto, beyond frame; 17-18 lines/page, calamus, black and red ink. From Rinchen (with the imprint of his 'Phags-pa seal). Title and f. 1 are missing. Inc. f. 2a (xoyor): O cidkür xorlon : üküriyin ma=xan ideqsen ece yai : doliq keji baroun-du yaryan : sakllusun=du takil örgö : Ökin tenggeriyin dorma örgü: ebeĞin ujiq bolxu : Ocirpaniyin debsel ke: joul=Ğin irekü : yambarba ülü bolxu : Ff. 2b, 3ab: dice diagrams End, f. 4a (dörbön), lines 9-14: mal aldabâsu zoun [= zöün] züq-tü bui cayan debeltü bandi bombo éce olxu: ebecin-dü yerü berke : ki'ce [= kecöü?] mou bui • : • Similar divinations: Heissig-Bawden, Catalogue of Mongol Boob, Manuscripts and Xylographs. The Royal Library, Copenhagen, nos. 151,287, 324. Mong. 184 Rje-bcun dam-pa's Warning Oirat manuscript, 20th century pothi of Russian paper, 21.4 : 8.2 cm; calamus, black ink, text in pencil frame, ruled (width: 18.2 cm, with 8 mm upper margin; no fixed bottom); Oirat pagination on the left margin, recto, beyond frame; 15-17 lines/page, calamus, black ink. With the imprint of Rinchen's 'Phags-pa seal. Title on the cover: Zib'ca'n d[a]mbai D[a]ran-natan boqda'i[n ] nar ani gege[=é] noml[o]qson zrilq [= zarliq ] orosiboi "[Here] is the Word preached by Rje-bcun dam-pa Târanâtha, the Divine Sunshine." Inc. f. la (= cover verso, nige): blama-noy[o]udtu mör<ö>gümü. • bar jildü dör<ö>bö zuqtu [=züqtü] ür<ü>gü=lji eb<e>deren (üldekü) c[a]q oron ami=t[an]<g] bükü amar jiryaxu c[a]q üge [= üye] c[a]q kümün-noyo[u]di nige nigede (kilen<e>g eb<e>derküi orü [] <buya[n] bar[a]qda[=â]d> nige nigeni buy[a]n bar[a]qda'd, etc. End, f. 4a (döröbün), lines 7-11:... u[n]g5ixu bogosü [= bögö°] ayo[u]l amirla=xu [= amurlio] arilxu bobcu bui - O dedü [= dédü] nom delgerkü boltuyai xam[u]q amitan amurxu boltuxai [!] A prophecy, see a list of similar writings in A. Sárkőzi, Political prophecies, pp. 111-116. 255
