Seal script Phags-pa inscriptions may also be found in some epigraphic contexts, such as the title inscription of monumental inscriptions on stone stelae (in such cases the main text may be in Chinese, and only the title inscription in the Phags-pa script). These letters mimic the labyrinthine strokes of Chinese "seal script" ideographs, and are found mainly on official seals dating from the Yuan (1271-1368) and Northern Yuan (1368-1402) dynasties, of which a large number are known. Source : Basibazi yu Yuandai Hanyu 八思巴字與元代漢語 Plate 10.įor some examples of standard Phags-pa script in printed and manuscript texts, see my Baijiaxing Mengguwen 百家姓蒙古文 and Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 pages.Īt the same time that the Phags-pa Lama devised the standard script in about 1269, he or someone else devised a pseudo-archaic "seal script" form of the letters (known as menggu zhuanzi 蒙古篆字 in Chinese). The ordinary form of the Phags-pa script, as found in Yuan dynasty inscriptions, printed texts and manuscript documents in Chinese and Mongolian, is typified by the epigraphic text below : Illustration 1 : Monumental Inscription (dated 1307) BabelStone : Phags-pa Script : Script Styles Phags-pa Script : Script Styles
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