Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Death - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/61
Title:: 救苦說醮科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 救苦說醮科 [jiuku shuojiao ke]. Instructions about providing an offering for the gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 41 folios. Chinese era name (...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/62
Title:: 龍重茭簡斎壇凈壇釋服讃材樓兩本在尾
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 龍重茭簡斎壇凈壇釋服讃材樓兩本在尾 [longzhong jiaojian zhaitan jingtan shigu zancailou liangben zaiwei]. External cover title: 龍重茭簡斎凈壇釋服科讃材樓四卷 [longzhong jiaojian zhaijingtan shiguke zancailou sijuan]. Compilation of four texts: Long zhong jiao jian, Jing tan, Shi fu and Zan cai ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1802
Extent:: 43 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/63
Title:: 貢王救苦說醮科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 貢王救苦說醮科 [gongwang jiuku shuojiao ke]. Instructions about providing an offering for the gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 16 folios. Chinese...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 31 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/64
Title:: 煉度科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 煉度科 [liandu ke]. External cover title: 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. In the last part of this ceremony, they are rescued and can join th...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/69
Title:: 符命科上卷
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 符命科上卷 [fuming ke shangjuan]. Compilation of spells which seem to be used in the ritual for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 21 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/14/72
Title:: 符命式
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 符命式 [fuming shi]. External cover title: 符命科中卷 [fuming ke zhongjuan]. Compilation of spells which seem to be used in the ritual for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 54 folios. Chinese era name (r...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 21 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/15
Title:: Anonymous Collector 15
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 17 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/15/1 to EAP791/1/15/17. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1845-1943
Extent:: 617 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/15/2
Title:: 迓王科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 迓王科 [yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 15 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 天子萬年虎歲牛月祥時啟.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/15/4
Title:: 一本南靈科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 一本南靈科 [yiben nanling ke]. External cover title: 南靈科 [nanling ke]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1845
Extent:: 70 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/15/10
Title:: 從人科讃材樓共本
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 從人科讃材樓共本 [congren ke zancailou gongben]. Compilation of two texts: Cong ren and Zan cai lou. Cong ren: Instructions to teach the butler – dong nyang - that will take care of the new Ancestors. This books contains the rules to follow: Moral rule...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1845
Extent:: 21 TIFF images

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