György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 136 Thar-pa chen-po Peking blockprint of 1708, PLB no. 14, the same addition as Mong. 12. Full copy. 105 ff. In three parts: eki/shang, dumda/zhong, aday/xia. As for the measures, Heissig, PLB gives 52 : 17 (46.5 : 14), Róna-Tas in Mongolian Studies measured 54 : 19.5 (47.5 : 14.4) cm; in his copy, I, f. 3a = 52.5 : 18.4 (46.3 : 13.8) cm, III, f. 12a = 53 : 18.9 (46.3 : 19.7) cm; cf. Mong. 12 has 53.1 : 18.7 (46.6 : 13.7) cm, or, according to Farquhar : CAJ I, pp. 171-172, 21" : 6V*" (I8 1/e" : 514" = ca 46 : 14 cm) with discrepancies due to the measurment done on different leaves/pages (slight differences may appear even between different prints made of the same block used with thicker or thinner ink) or due to inexactitude. Vol. I, f. la: printed in red in ornamental frame, with a double double-lined margin; icon in the left box: áákyamuni, icon in the right box Ânanda. Vol. I, f 2a: red ornamental frame with tendrils and lotus petals, text in alternating black and red lines (4, 5,4, 5,4); from 2b on: black ink 26 lines/page. Vol. II. f. la: printed in red like I. f. la, with two icons, Amitâba and Samantabhadra. Vol. II. f. 2a is similar to vol. I, f. 2a. Vol. Ill, f. la is like vol. I, f. 2a. Vol. Ill, f. la is similar to vol. I, f. la, with the icons of Ota6i/Sman-bla/Bhaisajyaguru and Âkâsagarbha; f. 2a: printed in red and black. Title (black print in a red-anc-black trapezoid frame with ornamental bordure, pasted on the yellow surface of the cover): Qutuy-du degedii Yeke=de tonilyay=ä neretü sudur orosiba (8 lines, =de and =ä neretü form one line each): "[Here] is the Holy and Supreme Sûtra Named the Great Redeemer." Vol. I, inc. f. la: namo, etc. [line 4] Endkeg-ün keleber :, etc., for the rest, see Mong 12. Cf. also here Mong. 79, 138, 142,211, 313. Cf. Puckovskij L. S., Nekotorye voprosy nauőnogo opisanija mongol'skih rukopisej. In: Sovetskoe Vostokovedenie, II, 1941; Sobranie mongol'skih rukopisej i ksilografov. In: Ucenye Zapiski Instituta Vostokovedenija, IX, 1954. Mong. 137 Astasâhasrikâ-prajflâpâramitâ Peking blockprint, a late print (black and crimson) of old blocks of Kangxi, PLB no. 174, pothi of yellowish Chinese paper of two layers with fine wires, 51.2 : 10.2 (46.2 : 7.5) cm, cf. 45 : 7 in PLB), pagination on recto and verso, Mongolian in the left margin beyond the frame, under the marginal title Naiman mingyatu/mingya-a-tu, Chinese in the right margin within the frame, under the marginal mark hu (of Qutuytu), 39 lines/page. Ff. la (= cover verso)-2a: crimson print. 214
