External cover title and title of the first text: 齋符吏在頭 清醮延生関告在中 齋醮說醮在尾 [zhaifuli zaitou qingjiao yansheng guangao zaizhong zhaijiao shuojiao zaiwei]. Zhaifuli: Instructions about annoucing Fuli (spell official) and providing an offering for the gods.Qingjiao:ceremony to make the altars, they b...
This collection contains 30 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/36/1 to EAP1126/1/36/30. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Title of the first text: 南昌 [nanchang]. External cover title: 一本符科 [yiben fuke ]. The collection of various types of talismans “Fu”. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國十二年亥癸歲六月十二日抄完.
External cover title and title of the first text: 齋符吏在頭 清醮延生関告在中 齋醮說醮在尾 [zhaifuli zaitou qingjiao yansheng guangao zaizhong zhaijiao shuojiao zaiwei]. Zhaifuli: Instructions about annoucing Fuli (spell official) and providing an offering for the gods.Qingjiao:ceremony to make the altars, they b...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本煉度科 [yiben liandu ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancesto...
External cover title: 一本接聖大獻川光科 [yiben jiesheng daxian chuanguang ke]. Compilation of three texts: Jiesheng: 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 ceremony. The priest tao k...
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本化依科 [yiben huayi ke]. Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國七年六月二十九日.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本齋醮神目科 [yiben zhaijiao shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 84 folios. Date(s) cl...
Title of the first text: 太上貢王救苦土府延生宿啟科 [taishang gongwang jiuku tufu yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 貢王救苦土府延生宿啟科 [gongwang jiuku tufu yansheng suqi ke]. Yansheng: Instructions about holding an audience with the gods, ensuring the longevity of the clients. Suqi:The magic to make the de...
External cover title and title of the first text: 小橋台科 [xiao qiaotai ke ]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 320 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 道光十七年七月望六.