6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies 58 Dmitrii Nosov Manuscript “The Story of Old Man Borontai”: Handwritten Text and Its Oral Context The manuscript D114 (“The story of old man Borontai”) from the Mongolian manuscript collection of IOM RAS (St. Petersburg) represents the text of a folk cumulative story, widely spread among Mongols and Buriats. It is known as type №198, described by László Lőrincz in his catalogue of Mongolian fairy-tale types. The presentation will give an overview of possibilities for textual analysis of commonly known types of oral narratives that researchers of folklore can gain by using materials of manuscript collections. Key words: Mongolian literature, “The story of old man Borontai”, Mongols, Buriats, László Lőrincz, Mongolian fairy tale, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts.