Title of the first text: 從人科 釋服科 從?科 財樓科 鈸音科 諸旛科 [congren ke shifu ke cong? ke cailou ke boyin ke qingfanke]. External cover title: 一本讚士財樓科 [yiben zanshi cailou ke ]. Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house and car of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. Date(s) claimed ...
This collection contains 45 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/19/1 to EAP1126/1/19/45. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Title of the first text: 壹冊邙秘天機金語 [yice wangmi tianji jinyu ]. External cover title: 壹冊邙秘金語全本 [yice wangmi jinyu quanben ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲辛未年十月廿四未時完筆. Calendar note: Ste...
Title of the first text: 安龍伸斗燈筵解冤天機秘語 [anlong shendou dengyan jieyuan tianji miyu ]. External cover title: 一本安龍燈筵天機秘語 [yiben anlong dengyan tianji miyu ]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves; Librettos for use in the rituals for summoning the g...
Title of the first text: 伸斗按龍 日午燈筵秘語一本 [shendou anlong riwu dengyan miyu yiben]. External cover title: 伸斗?? [shendou ??]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves; and the instructions about ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大部南靈科 [yiben dabu nanling ke ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲癸巳年六月廿三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60...
Title of the first text: 大部上卷南靈 [dabu shangjuan nanling ]. External cover title: 大部上卷南靈 迓王科 [dabu shangjuan nanling yawang ke ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house; Instructions to organize the food for the de...
External cover title: 龍重 交簡 迓王 煉度科 [longzhong jiaojian yawang liandu ke ]. Instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory.Yawang: Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory.Liandu: Instructions to purify the bodies of the ancestors once they have rescued from the Purgatory du...
External cover title: 一本按龍科 [yiben anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 86 folios.
External cover title: 送終文字式 [songzhong wenzi shi ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral, including some samples of writings required in the rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 42 folios.