György Kara (descr.): The Mongol and Manchu Manuscripts and Blockprints in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Mongol Collection
Mong. 259 The Story of the Shen Chan Hui, Chapter XXXIII Manuscript, 19th/20th century double-leaved book of grey Chinese paper with fine wires, 13.2 : 25.6 (upper margin: 3.1 cm or larger; lower margin: 1 cm, not respected), no pagination, 23 f. (without the rest, the verso page, of the cover), 9 lines/page, brush, black ink, small size shorthand with Manchu elements (e.g. dotted initial T for d); nearly classical orthography with diacriticals (but yayiqamsiy, qudduy-aca, kümün-e)] -'i- instead of-yi-. Cover recto missing. See title below. Inc. f. [la]: Cin Cing Quyi kemekü teüke . qorin yurbaduyar bölüğe [!] . [introductory verse:] qudduy-yin aman-aőa ayula-yin cinigen modu abcu [.] qoyitu kümün-e bisiregdekü temdeg ölgebei [?, MS: 'wyl//k'b'i]. ayui yeke süm-e bayiyulqu modu-yi yaryaqu anu sidi buyu . asuru yayiqamsiy buyan-iyan, etc. End, f. [23b] Fung dayicin darui cayasu delgejü b'yir [= biir] idegülün nige qayudasu [line 9] bicig biőijü ögbei egüngce qoyisi yayakin egün-i nomoy[a]dqaquu[=y]-i qoyitu bölügetü üjegdeküi [.] From the Chinese Buddhist novel Shen Chan Hui. Cf. here Mong. 134, 314. Mong. 260 General Knowledge Newly Compiled Manuscript, 1946, double-leaved book of grey Chinese paper with fine wires, 13.2 : 26(.2) cm (upper margin: 3.2 to 4.9 cm, lower margin: 1.7 cm, the latter not respected, both pencil ruled), no pagination (21 ff. without the covers and the blank double-leaved following the upper cover, this latter is torn), 6 lines/page (pencil ruled), brush, black ink; large calligraphy; orthography like here in Mong. 259, but also with Uigur Z for final s. Cover-title: S ine nayirayuluysan yerü-yin medel (with three black triangles embracing a fourth, blank triangle, instead of the usual dabqur/dörbeljin ceg). See translation above. Inc. f. [la]: Öber-ün Mongyol uysayatan-iyan dakin manduyulqu-bar sin-e bayiyuluysan öbesüben jasaqu Mongyol ulus. man-u ulus bolbase ene kiri tabun ciyulyan kiged qoyar muji-yin yamun-iyar bütüjü amui . [elevated beginning:] a. 1. Sili-yin yool-un ciyulyan. 2. Ulan6ab-un ciyulyan. 3. Caqar őiyulyan, etc. Ff. [3b3-4a]: Mongyol uysayatan-u darqan sayuju büküi bayidal. [elevated beginning:] nige . man-u Mongyol uysayatan-u dakin manduquy-yin yool oron bolqu öbesüben jasaqu Mongyol ulus . [elevated beginning:] qoyar . Manju ulus-un dotor-a büküi Mongyolcud-iyan ügülebesü : darui Kingyan yerüngkei [4a] muji, etc. 316
