A Catalogue of the Mongolian Manuscripts and Xylographs of the
Ernst-Collection
Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz, BOP Books 2025
CC BY 4.0 International License
https://doi.org/10.36950/kat-mon-2025.194
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A collection of six manuscripts
GDC Mong S1 : 3
ET 840 A-F
ET_840A
Ms, Chinese double-leaved book, 13,2 : 26,4 cm, 6 pages, 10 lines, no pagination.
Naimaduγar boγda gegegen-ü altan surγal
Cover title: Naimaduγar boγda gegegen-ü altan surγal orosiba::
Inc. (1) (1) om sayin amuγulang boltuγai: sugevadi-yin oron-ača
Term. (6) (3) öljei qutuγ orosiqu boltuγai::
Prophecy of the Eighth Jibtsundamba Qutuγtu.
ET_840B
Ms, Chinese double-leaved book, 12,8 : 25 cm, 7 pages, 8 lines, no pagination; cover and back page crumbled and frayed at the edges, back page partly torn.
Γal mörgön-ün sudur
Cover title: Γal mörgön-ün sudur orosiba::
Inc. (1) 81) om ah huu: ram-a üsüg-eče egüdügsen
Term. (7) (3) sayin buyan aribadču sanaγsan üiles sedkelčilen bütükü boltuγai::
A sūtra to the hearth fire.
ET_840C
Ms, Chinese double-leaved book, 13 : 26,5 cm, 22 pages, 8 lines, top margin r: Mongolian pagination. The text is in poor condition: most of the pages are split and at the right bottom edge very frayed, pages are partly repaired with paper strips glued on, and the cover page is partly broken. The title on the cover page is written twice, once in black, once in red ink; between page 21 and 22 three paper slips are inserted, of which two are covered in Tibetan script; the larger paper slip contains an excerpt of a ritual text to subdue the dgra gegs and other spirits; on the back page the title is written in red ink.
Juu-yin namtar
No cover title.
Inc. (1) (1) juu-yin gegegen-ü bütügegsen učir tobči-yin dutui ügülsügei:
Term. (22) (6) buyan-u čoγ delgeregsen erkim-ün öljeitü […] (7) öljei qutuγ-un čoγ baduruγsan cambudib-un čimeg boltuγai::
The “biography” of the Jo bo statue. Written on the 17th day of the second month of the 17th year of Törö gereltü (1837).
ET_840D
Ms, Chinese double-leaved book, 13,1 : 26 cm, 43 pages, 10-11 lines, top margin r: Mongolian pagination. Cover and back page are partly torn and severely frayed, some pages are split. The last two pages are written in blue script and have a different content; the lower part of page 42 is missing; on page 43 a seal is stamped, reading tamaγ-a.
Kerker qaγan-tan-u ayiladduγsan jarliγ namtar-a
Cover title: Kerker qaγan-tan-u ayiladduγsan jarliγ namtar-a orošibai::
Inc. (1) (1) blam-a γurban erdeni-dür itegen mörgömüi bi
Term. (33) (6) kerker-e nertü qaγan-u namtar tegüsbe::1
ET_840E
Ms, concertina, 10 : 25,5 cm, 8 pages, 18 lines, no pagination; many glosses and corrections throughout the text.
Jaγuradu-yin [gebči-eče] jalbaril [juun-ača gerelgegči] kemegdekü
Cover title: Jaγuradu-yin [gebči-eče] jalbaril [juun-ača getelgegči] kemegdekü orosibai
Inc. (1) (1) blam-a qutuγtu manjusiri-dur (2) mörgömüi:
Term. (8) (12) bey-e-yin qutuγ-i türgen-e olγaγulqu-yi (13) adistadlan soyurq-a:
Prayer for the passing through the bardo.
ET_840F
Ms, concertina, 10,5 : 25,6 cm, 5 pages, 7 lines, top margin r: Mongolian pagination. Thin Chinese paper, some of the pages are reinforced at the creases with thin paper strips; the pages are folded in the middle, the last page is on top.
No title
Inc. (1) (1) burqan bodisung-nar ba: bančin erdeni-yin jarliγ mön
Term. (5) (1) včir dar-a-yin qutuγ-i oyundur türgen olqu minu boltuγai γurban-ta ügülen (2) ene jarliγ-i [sayin] noyan ayimaγ-un jay-a gegegen tan-a qubilγan:: (3) om sayin amuγulang boltuγai::
A prophecy composed by the Paṇchen Lama.