György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Mongol Collection

Mong. 264 incense Offering for Geser Manuscript, 19th/20th century concertina of soft, brownish Chinese paper with darker stain spots, 6 pages, 12.8 : 26 cm (upper margin: 3.2 cm; width of sheet: 75.6 cm), no pagination, brush, black ink, 10 lines/page, shorthand with near-classical usage of diacriticals and with many corrections; open final M; final N with sharp beginning and fat tail bent down on the right end. Rinchen's gift. Cover-title: O Aéitu Geser boyda qayan-u sang-ud orosibai • "' •"" : "[Here] is the Incense Offering of the Holy Emperor Geser the Graceful." Inc. p. [2]: O ő[m] a-a 'huum [thrice] • ay-a III ulayan üngdtlsütei ulayan qongyor cirai-dai <altan> altan Sira' qongyorcoy III III üSinar-tai nigen niyurtai qoyar III mutur-tai III III barayun mutur <tai>-tayan garudi-yin Singjetei sumu bariysan, etc. End, p. [6], 5 lines only: nom-un sakiyulsun-u öljei qutuy toyto'qu boltuyai

: tng'ri luus-un öljey-i toyto'qu boltuyai

: kei kei suu-a suu-a lh[a]ci lhuu gtlndgduu-a sarava' tüdduu-a keua III 6m bajar Ayijei süha-a : 6m ma-a-ni-i bad-mi-i huum manggalam-a bava'nduu-a • sayin üsüg-üd büricediikü boltuyai • "• Different from Mong. 284 (Oirat). Mong. 265 The Parrot's Tale Manuscript, 19th/20th century double-leaved book of muutuu paper, 13 : 25.5 cm (upper margin: ca 2 cm), Tibetan pagination (figures in the upper margin, verso), 7 lines/page, brush, black ink; orthography with diacriticals (also for final Г), vulgarisms; Manchu Y; large brown stain spots on ff. 1-5. Burnt hole on cover. Cover-title: óm sayin amuyulang boltuyai • Toti-yin üliger ene bolai • "Hey, be prosperity! This is the Tale of the Parrot." Inc. f. la: adistad-i öröŞiyegci blam-a idam aburadun nigülesügci sarva'-budada ayultan todqar-yi [with marked Q = y, Khalkha totgor] kesegegĞi Darmblal [initial with Manchu dot; Dharmabala] asuru nigülesküi-ber uduriddun soyurq-a

. erte cay-tur nigen yuyilangci kiimiin ber egenegte toor talbiju toti sibayun bariyad engde tengde yabuju tot'i-yi qudaldun egüüride amin-iyan tejiyedeg bülüge

. nigen edilr qoyar toti bariyad nigen tot'i-ban kümünttlr qudaldun nigen altan joyos abuyad nigen toti-ban egürcü yabutal-a

. tegüncilen irigsen Sigemllni burqan ber teglls sayin badar ayay-a-ban bariju tegüdegerel ügei binva[d ...]; end of recto; on f. lb the golden coin is given to the Buddha preaching the Law; the parrot learns and repeats it. 321