György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 21 The Mongol-Chinese "Thousand Characters" Newly Translated Peking lithograph of 1907 in Chinese fascicle form, 32 ff., 13.6 : 22 (12 : 17.2) cm. Chinese pagination and marginal title Qianziwen. Chinese text with Manchu transcription and Mongol translation. Mongol orthography with diacriticals for N and Г before vowels, final s = S; Manchu Y. Title on the red cover in ornamented frame (reed, flowers, etc.): Sin-e ora yvlu ysan Mong yol Irgen Ming yan üsüg . bui : Xin yi Meng Han Qianziwen. With the date Guangxu dingwei [1907]; editor's name (?): Qing He Xiayuan. Price: mei ben dayang liu jiao [60 0 for each volume] on the left side of the title and with copyright fanke bijiu of the Beijing Zhenbei sheyinguan (also in Manchu transcription: Bei ging Jen bei si in guwan jang ban ) on its right side. Inc. f. la: Ğfyanj'iwen Mingyan üsüg-ün soyol / tiyan di yirwan gówang tngri ya jar köke sir-a End, f. 32a: ioi meng dang [= deng] siyoo /teneg mungqay arad-dur yayun öber-e . ui ioi ju je/ ügen-ü ayas-tur tusalaqu anu yan jai xoyedur-i afi bolai The traditional manual for memorializing Chinese characters in quadrisyllabic verses; cf. the Sino-Manchu editions in Simon-Nelson, no. 11.133. Mong. 22 History of the Yuan, The Blue Book Typeset book in 4 volumes of Chinese fascicle form, edited by the Peking Mongyol Bicigün Qoriy-a. 1929 or 1930. Vol. I = 1 (preface) + 2 (illustrations) + 67 ff.; vol. 2 = 69 ff.; vol. 3 = 74 ff.; vol. IV = 74 ff., vols. I-IV = 287 ff., 15 : 25.8 cm, 12 lines/page. In a blue case (du ytui/tao ) with a brownish label bearing the short title Yüwan ulus-un teüke, in a double-lined frame; the same on the light brown front cover of each volume; back covers with the emblem of the Mongyol Book Society. Illustrations in vol. I, ff. xiang la-2b: boyda Őnggis qayan-u tuysülde, Őnggis qayan-u ongyod, Qubilyan [= Qubilai] Sean qayan-u körüg. Orthography with diacriticals for N and Г before vowels, -'y- for -yy-, yi'n/-yi'r for -iy'n/-iy'r, final s = S, Manchu Y. Title of vol. I, terigün debter, f. 1: Yeke Yüwan ulus-un manduysan törö-yin Köke sudur "The Blue Book of the Raise of the Great Yuan Empire"; the short title on each cover as above, with volume-marker (ded/yutayar/dötöger debter). Preface, vol. I, Orosil f. lab: ergiéegülün sanabasu man-u Mongyol-un tulyur törő bayiyulun orcilang yirtinctl-i nigedken yeriingkeyilegsen anu . erte ba ediigeki-ece 43
