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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9/2
Title:: 斎醮秘語號法一部下卷
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 斎醮秘語號法一部下卷 [Zhaijiao miyu haofa yibu xiajuan]. Instructions about details in the rituals of retreat and offering and the ceremony that removes misfortune. Custodial histor...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1861
Extent:: 124 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9/3
Title:: 雜百解諸件小秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 雜百解諸件小秘語 [za baijie zhujian xiao miyu]. External cover title: 治煞秘 [zhisha mi]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist-healing rituals, visualization practice for the host's fortune and other magic. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of origin...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1892
Extent:: 118 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/9/4
Title:: 重集斎短亡秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 重集斎短亡秘語 [chongji zhai duanwang miyu]. External cover title: 重集斎短蜜語 [chongji zhaiduan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about the magic used in the ritual for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 f...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 45 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10
Title:: Anonymous Collector 10
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 24 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/10/1 to EAP791/1/10/24. 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:: 1807-1983
Extent:: 1293 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/1
Title:: 按龍秘語天機法伸斗解冤
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍秘語天機法伸斗解冤 [Anlong miyu tianji fa shendou jieyuan]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors.First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Bas...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1863
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/2
Title:: 壹本諸百解晨昏早朝夜聰祭鬼使用
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 壹本諸百解晨昏早朝夜聰祭鬼使用 [yiben zhu baijie chenhun zaozhao yecong jigui shiyong]. External cover title: 壹本諸百解晨昏早朝夜聰使用易 [yiben zhu baijie chenhun zaozhao yecong shiyongyi]. Miscellaneous descriptions ofexorcistic healing rituals , and the ceremony in the funeral. Custodial hist...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1920
Extent:: 37 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/5
Title:: 茭間科破獄科讃材樓三本
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 茭間科破獄科讃材樓三本 [jiaojianke poyuke zancailou sanben]. External cover title: 茭間科破獄科讃材樓 [jiaojianke poyuke zancailou]. Compilation of three texts: Jiao jian, Po yu, Zan cai lou. Jiao jian: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 44 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/6
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:: 19th century
Extent:: 34 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/7
Title:: 清醮大斎授戒同一本秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 清醮大斎授戒同一本秘語 [qingjiao dazhai shoujie tongyiben miyu]. External cover title: 清醮大斎初真授戒同一本秘語 [qingjiao dazhai chuzhen shoujie tongyiben miyu]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the funeral ceremony. Custodial history: Private collection. Ext...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1983
Extent:: 101 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/8
Title:: 諸神秘語總在內也
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 諸神秘語總在內也 [Zhushen miyu zong zainei ye]. Miscellaneous instructions of ceremony related to tombs and funeral for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Exten...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1845
Extent:: 74 TIFF images

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