A Cyrillic manuscript of a Mongolian prophetic text from Western Mongolia as an evidence of the literary pronunciation of the Clear script

SRBA, Ondřej. A Cyrillic manuscript of a Mongolian prophetic text from Western Mongolia as an evidence of the literary pronunciation of the Clear script. In Reckel, Johannes; Schatz, Merle. Oirat and Kalmyk Identity in the 20th and 21st Century. 1st ed. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2020, p. 383-428. ISBN 978-3-86395-464-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17875/gup2020-1334.

Basic information

• Original name: A Cyrillic manuscript of a Mongolian prophetic text from Western Mongolia as an evidence of the literary pronunciation of the Clear script
• Authors: SRBA, Ondřej (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 1. vyd. Göttingen, Oirat and Kalmyk Identity in the 20th and 21st Century, p. 383-428, 46 pp. 2020.
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Göttingen

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 60206 Specific literatures
• Country of publisher: Germany
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• WWW: Odkaz na Open Access verzi knihy
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/20:00117493
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-3-86395-464-2
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.17875/gup2020-1334
• Keywords in English: prophetic texts; manuscripts; Classical Mongolian; Clear script (Oirat Mongolian); Altai Uriankhai; textual versions; comparison
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

This paper introduces an exceptional Cyrillic manuscript of a prophetic text found among Altai Urianhai (Bulgan sum, Bayan-Ölgii aimag, Mongolia), representing a popular transcription based on a Clear script manuscript originated in 1960s–1970s. The paper includes a comparison of the Cyrillic manuscript with three versions in the Mongolian script and one version in the Clear script together with a translation of one version in the Mongolian script. The manuscript Cyrillic version of the prophecy has recorded features of the literary pronunciation of the Clear script comparable to the literary pronunciation of the classical Mongolian script. The paper provides a critical edition and a comparison of the Cyrillic manuscript, two xylograph versions and two manuscript versions in the Mongolian and Clear scripts.