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全世界的に注目を集めたマニ教ソグド語文書3点の内容と、その歴史的背景及びソグド語手紙文の書式一般を論じる（全文英文）。1981年に中華人民共和国ウイグル自治区のトルファン市の北東に位置するベゼクリク千仏洞の遺跡から発見され、世界的に注目を集めながら本格的な紹介がこれまでなされなかったマニ教ソグド語文書3点をめぐって、そのテクスト・翻訳・註釈・語彙を提出すると共に、その歴史的背景及びソグド語手紙文の書式一般を論じる（全文英文）。
【目次】
Plates and maps
Preface
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Part I: Introduction
1 Discovery of the letters and the previous studies
2 The Contents and Dating of the letters
3 Possible places of dispatch: the problem of Twδ kδ mentioned in Letter B
Excursus: The name of Samarqand attested in a Turfan fragment
4 Relationship between the Manichaeans resident in the West Uighur Kingdom and those in Samarqand and the territory of the Karakhanid Kingdom
5 Seat of archegos in Turfan?
Part II: Epistolary formula of the three B?z?klik letters and other Sogdian letters
1 Structual components of the letters
2 Continuity of formulaic phrases
3 Model letters
4 Recurring expressions
Excursus: Seal impressions
Part III: Text, translation, and commentaries
1 Introduction: Description of the manuscripts and their paleographical and linguistic features
2 Letter A
3 Letter B
4 Letter C
Glossary
Index
Lists of plates, maps, tables and figures
Plates and maps
Preface
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Part I: Introduction
1 Discovery of the letters and the previous studies
2 The Contents and Dating of the letters
3 Possible places of dispatch: the problem of Twδ kδ mentioned in Letter B
Excursus: The name of Samarqand attested in a Turfan fragment
4 Relationship between the Manichaeans resident in the West Uighur Kingdom and those in Samarqand and the territory of the Karakhanid Kingdom
5 Seat of archegos in Turfan?
Part II: Epistolary formula of the three B?z?klik letters and other Sogdian letters
1 Structual components of the letters
2 Continuity of formulaic phrases
3 Model letters
4 Recurring expressions
Excursus: Seal impressions
Part III: Text, translation, and commentaries
1 Introduction: Description of the manuscripts and their paleographical and linguistic features
2 Letter A
3 Letter B
4 Letter C
Glossary
Index
Lists of plates, maps, tables and figures
Yutaka YOSHIDA（吉田豊）［ヨシダユタカ］
著・文・その他
目次
１ Ｉｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎ（Ｄｉｓｃｏｖｅｒｙ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ ｐｒｅｖｉｏｕｓ ｓｔｕｄｉｅｓ；Ｔｈｅ Ｃｏｎｔｅｎｔｓ ａｎｄ Ｄａｔｉｎｇ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ；Ｐｏｓｓｉｂｌｅ ｐｌａｃｅｓ ｏｆ ｄｉｓｐａｔｃｈ：ｔｈｅ ｐｒｏｂｌｅｍ ｏｆ Ｔｗδ ｋδ ｍｅｎｔｉｏｎｅｄ ｉｎ Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ Ｂ ほか）
２ Ｅｐｉｓｔｏｌａｒｙ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｔｈｒｅｅ Ｂ¨ａｚ¨ａｋｌｉｋ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ ａｎｄ ｏｔｈｅｒ Ｓｏｇｄｉａｎ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ（Ｓｔｒｕｃｔｕａｌ ｃｏｍｐｏｎｅｎｔｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ；Ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｉｔｙ ｏｆ ｆｏｒｍｕｌａｉｃ ｐｈｒａｓｅｓ；Ｍｏｄｅｌ ｌｅｔｔｅｒｓ ほか）
３ Ｔｅｘｔ，ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｉｏｎ，ａｎｄ ｃｏｍｍｅｎｔａｒｉｅｓ（Ｉｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎ：Ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｍａｎｕｓｃｒｉｐｔｓ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｐａｌｅｏｇｒａｐｈｉｃａｌ ａｎｄ ｌｉｎｇｕｉｓｔｉｃ ｆｅａｔｕｒｅｓ；Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ Ａ；Ｌｅｔｔｅｒ Ｂ ほか）
