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

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/10
Title:: 壹本判座花娘科
Scope & Content:: 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: 壹本判座花娘科 [yiben panzuo huaniang ke.] A scenario about the request for reincarnation; new souls, namely ancestral souls that are identified as 'flowers' are ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1941
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/12
Title:: 重集斎短蜜語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 重集斎短蜜語 [chongji zhai duan miyu]. External cover title: 重集斎短亡秘語 [chongji zhai duanwang miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions for ceremonies used in the retreat for the sake of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 v...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 45 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/14
Title:: 壹本說醮飛章科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本說醮飛章科 [yiben shuojiao feizhang ke]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/18
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 44 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 咸豐二年壬子歲次四月十一日開筆.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1852
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/19
Title:: 先主來請聖之法
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 先主來請聖之法 [Xianzhu lai qingsheng zhi fa]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals, ceremony in Taoist rituals or funerals. Custodial history: Private col...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 46 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/20
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):: EAP791/1/11/21
Title:: 大斎清醮授戒同一本秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 大斎清醮授戒同一本秘語 [dazhai qingjiao shoujie tongyibenmiyu]. External cover title: 大斎清醮初真授戒同一本秘語 [dazhai qingjiao chuzhen shoujie tongyibenmiyu]. Instructions about ceremony in the ritual for the deceased, including the retreat, the offering and the ritual of receiving Ch...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1980
Extent:: 99 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/22
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 zongzainei ye]. Instructions about ceremony in rituals for the deceased, and some exorcistic healing rituals. Custodial history: Private collection....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1845
Extent:: 74 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/23
Title:: 一本大治天娘亡堂秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大治天娘亡堂秘語 [yiben dazhi tianniang wangtang miyu]. Ceremony for the salvation of the newly deceased female members of the family. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios. Chinese era...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1894
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/24
Title:: 壹本破獄龍重茭簡科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 壹本破獄龍重茭簡科 [Yiben poyu longzhong jiaojian ke]. Instructions including sending the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the deceased and to let them know that the sec...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1910
Extent:: 50 TIFF images

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