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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/33/20
Title:: 大南靈科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 大南靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 大斎南靈 [dazhai nanling]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 120 folios. Date(s) claimed...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 17 Jan 1890
Extent:: 61 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/33/26
Title:: 讚才樓科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 讚才樓科 [Zan cailou ke]. Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. This spirit-house is brought out of the village ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 23 Jan 1803-10 Feb 1804
Extent:: 31 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34
Title:: Anonymous Collector 34
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 34 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/34/1 to EAP1126/1/34/34. 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:: 1771-1940
Extent:: 1479 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34/1
Title:: 諸敗法一本
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 諸敗法一本 [Zhubaifa yiben]. Magic to resolve problems caused by bad deaths. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34/8
Title:: 隔冤亡秘一本
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 隔冤亡秘一本 [geyuan wangmi yiben]. External cover title: 隔大亡秘語 [ge dawang miyu]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes some money for the dead so they do not make problems for the living. Extent and format of original mat...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 11 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34/10
Title:: 齋亡治冤
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 齋亡治冤 [Zhaiwang zhiyuan]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volu...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 45 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34/14
Title:: 一本茭簡破獄科
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本茭簡破獄科 [yiben jiaojian poyu ke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaojian and Poyu. Jiaojian: Instructions to send messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place; Poyu: instructions to break the Gates of P...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1809-1869
Extent:: 19 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34/15
Title:: 一本迓王科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本迓王科 [Yiben yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios. Date(s) claimed i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 4 Aug 1940-1 Sep 1940
Extent:: 28 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34/18
Title:: 煉度科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 煉度科 [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 ancestors’ tabl...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1 Jun 1794
Extent:: 31 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/34/22
Title:: 一本大敗秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本大敗秘語 [yiben dabai miyu]. Magic to resolve problems caused by bad deaths. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 74 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 37 TIFF images

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