@palafx - While I was back in the States over Christmas, I went to see the "World of Kublai Khan" exhibit at the Met, and was absolutely delighted to see examples of Phags-pa there. I now have on my desk a postcard of a tablet with an inscription in Phags-pa instructing the reader to let the bearer pass in the name of the Khan.

I've tried, in the same spirit, to sign off the podcasts by saying "...and from Khanbaliq, I'm Brendan" -- but David shuts me off every time.