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GDC Mong L2 : 4

ET_427

Ms, 22,1 : 35,4 cm, page 2r-20r, 21r-23r (page 21v exists twice, once in a separate page), 24r-25v (page 24v exists twice, once in a separate page), + 2 unidentified pages, 29 lines, left margin r: Mongolian pagination. The top half of each page contains an illustration; some illustrations are only outlined and not filled with water-colours, others have obviously been coloured at a later date and in a sloppy way. The lower half of each page consists of text. The double pages 21v and 24v may be from yet another copy of the tale. Russian paper with unidentified factory stamp; incomplete.

Inc. (2r) (1) qoyar alaγ-a-[ban] qamtudqaju (2) oroi-bar-iyan mörgömüi:

Term. (25v) (28) molom qatun ber (29) sayitur tonilqu anu ene bolai:: ::

Illustrated tale of Molom toyin rescuing his mother from the Buddhist hells. The original of this text is housed in the Museum der Kulturen in Basel and will be transferred to the collection at a later date. At present, there are photographic prints in the collection as substitutes.