Title of the first text: 大部南靈 [dabu nanling]. External cover title: 南靈大部 [nanling dabu]. 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 116 folios. Date(s) claimed in...
External cover title: 按龍科 [anlong ke]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 壬子年八月初二. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1792 / 1852. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 92 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 迓王科 [Yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios.
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. External cover title: 化衣(依)科 釋服 給從人 讚材樓在尾 [huayi ke shifu geicongren zancailou zaiwei]. Compilation of four texts: Huayi: Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, espec...
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. External cover title: 破列內衡秘語壹本大部 [polie neiheng miyu yiben dabu]. instructions to resolve problems caused by deaths Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folio...
Title of the first text: 凶路齋醮密語一本 [xionglu zhaijiao miyu yiben]. External cover title: 大小齋醮咒短秘㫖 [daxiao zhaijiao zhouduan mizhi]. 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. Exte...
Title of the first text: 一本邙秘 [yiben wangmi]. External cover title: 一本大部齋邙秘語 [yiben dabu zhaiwang 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...
External cover title: (各類法、禁盆) [(gexiangfa, jinpen)]. instructions to resolve problems caused by deaths Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 82 folios.
This collection contains 39 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/41/1 to EAP1126/1/41/39. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.