External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大斎宿啟科 [yiben dazhai suqi ke]. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world (a magic book arranges their conception). The priest is the mother, he becomes Tjong Zheang Gee the Mother of the All the Living Creatures. Custodial histo...
External cover title and title of the first text: 貢王救苦說醮科 [gongwang jiuku shuojiao ke]. Money to pay to Keau Hu Man so they protect all the ancestors and the dead. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Pr...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本良綠秘語 [yiben lianglv miyu]. Magic to make the altars for the Nyok Kaeng Maeng Yang ceremony. Altars become gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. This magic recreates the whole World after the Flood. Alta...
This collection contains 53 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/28/1 to EAP791/1/28/53. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 小橋台科 [Xiao qiaotai ke]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 23 folios....
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 開山唱 [Kaishan chang]. Instructions to "open the forest" so a new village can be built. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 vol...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本救患通用科 [yiben jiuhuan tongyong ke]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join the ceremony at the same time. “This is you, this is y...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 合婚書壹本 [Hehun shu yiben]. Manual about the horoscope of humans and the fortune of married couples. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original mat...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本怗簡符吏科敕壇科清醮說醮科 [Yiben zhanjian fuli ke chitan ke qingjiao shuojiao ke]. Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know th...
External cover title and title of the first text: 會聖靜壇科 [huisheng jingtan ke]. Compilation of two texts: Huisheng and Jingtan. Huisheng:Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Bring the money from the bank to start the...