György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 47 Manchu-Mongol-Chinese Dictionary in Thematical Order Modern lithograph, Minguo 16 (=1927), 2 double-leaved fascicles, 18 : 28.3 (12.1 : 22.5) cm, continuous Chinese pagination (fasc. 2: ff. 39-71) with Manchu, Mongol, and Chinese chapter-marker (number of the debtelin/debter/juan ), originally brush-written text; brush and pencil corrections/notes; drawings. Title on cover in ornamental frame: Ilan %aan-ixergen qama%a buleku bitxe ./Türbanpilün üsiig qabsuruysan toli biäg J Santi hebi wenjian! "Mirror Comprising Three Kinds of Script". Kulun. Qianjuan. (Left from the Manchu line: 3 Chinese shorthand characters [ ] Rongxian [ ] and Manchu 2uSiyan; brush, black ink); below: Bored Aulla [= Buried Aul, the first is a Dagur form for Buriyad, the second a personal name] . Chapter 1 (ff. 1-7, Heaven; Earth) Chapter 2 (ff. 8-23, Time); f. 23b dated: Dulimb[a]i irge gurun-i Juwan ningguci aniya inglii ninggun biyai ice juwe-de dercibume qőlambi J Dumdadu irgen ulus-un arban jiryuduyar on ingli-yin jiryuyan sarayin sin-e-yin qoyar-du egtlsken dayudaba . Zhonghua Minguo shiliu nian yinli liu yue chu er ri qidu Chapter 3 (ff. 24-32a, Emperor; Edicts; Ranks and Titles; Banner Administration) Chapter 4 (ff. 32b-39a, Ministers and Officials, Promotion and Dismission, Control and Selection; f. 38b: pencil and brush-written notes, date with different month) Fascicle 2 with title-page of muutuu paper, 3 lines of Chinese shorthand characters including the name [ ] Rongxian and the title Santi hebi wenjian kanjuan ; f. 39a also bears a pencil date of the "17th year ..." Chapter 5 (ff. 39-49b, Government, Affairs, Discord, Jurisdiction, Service, Quarrel, Claim, Punishment, Beating, Mercy, Pacification) Chapter 6 (ff. 50-56b, Rites, Reception, Feast, Sacrifice, Utensils for Offerings, Mourning, Sprinkling and Sweeping; pencil-written Aulla Bored in Cyrillic script) Chapter 7 (ff. 57-65b, Music, Musical Instruments, Writing, Learning to Write, Writing Implements, Ritual Vessels, Numerals) Chapter 8 (ff. 66-7lb, Army, Defense, Battle, Shooting, Fighting; f. 71b with a pair of cranes and a pair of pines, pencil notes also with date in Chinese) Date on the back cover in Chinese and Manchu: Minguo 16, 12th month. 74
