Turkic Poetic Passages Written in Uyghur Vertical Script from the Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, RAS

Abstract

The article contains photos housed at the Photograph Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts RAS (folder “Appendix No. 2”, shelf mark ФВ-277/10) and their description. The photos feature short texts written in Uyghur vertical script on the margins of an unknown manuscript. The language of the manuscript itself is unknown, although some photos let us presume that it used the Arabic script. The texts on the photos are accompanied by their transcriptions in Cyrillic and Arabic letters made by W. Radloff. Examination of the verses has shown that they belong to several authors, including masters of medieval Turkic poetry.