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

The Mongol Collection

Mong. 86 Daur Texts in Manchu Script Manuscript, 20th century, horizontal double-leaved booklet in dark blue cotton cover (now also in European binding), 15 : 22.5 cm (text height: 18 cm), modern Chinese paper, white with red rules; brush, black ink, 9 lines/page (but f. 6a: 7 lines only; f. 6b: blank), no original pagination (pencil written European pagination: ff. 1-24). Brush-painted horse on cover inside with legend coqoro morin "piebald horse" and six short-hand Chinese characters in one line. No title. No colophon. Inc. f. [la]: O Tuqciyoo tai i den de xan-i texe ba inu X yangsangya. muke genggiyen alin sa'iqan elcendume eldekebi, etc. F. [6a], end: daodaxö circimel xamtei a'ilxan-de juxisen. End, f. [24b]: x

a'ida bodorden dala'iyu derdexu dexidu / biretei iden uwe'iyu tuwalada tenggere / yajire'iyu ao elpurdu alikqji (?) / joxogu'ini yaobei kuku aola kukulbin / oso ordoneixi ede'ixe sa'iqan ujilxei / dotosen. ao larci guwen xojortei / modo naorei kecidu delgersen / jalan-ni duwatarxi ulan tuwarlan / jalafun nase juru jalyacixo uwei bisinye // Cf. Ligeti, Rapport, pl. IX. Mong. 87 Daur Texts in Manchu Script Manuscript like Mong. 86; 14.7 : 22.3 cm (text height: 19 cm); only 12 f. written; 5/6 unwritten; 11 lines/page. Inc. f. [la]: utule cinggen saonuda urxuweneji jisen ucun / xowarsen aole tortoji xon sara cikerebei / etc. End, f. [12b]: ta'iba tulokén adali jiyansyein ni gele Ja(?) ma je isese midorin keku aoji qare tara jide erini idelssen // Mong. 88 Daur Texts in Manchu Script Manuscript, five double leaves torn out of a notebook, a) 14.9 : 17.6 cm, b-c) 14.8 : 20.5, d-e) 14.9 : 22.4; brush, black ink, 8-9 lines/page. On the ridge, printed: tong heyong. a) Inc. recto: altan aola yu susu modo yu seuder (xede / xede) / mingya[n?] namur

. xundur Xada-de eolen xorilcijiye / oso ini cisui orsobei

. tumen yajirei orto / muru gu. besei adali 132