Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Archive Reference (shelfmark): EAP1005/32 / Subject: Health and Medicine - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32
Title:: Cham manuscripts inherited by Mr. Ma Ngoc Thanh, from Lam Thuan Village
Scope & Content:: 24 Cham manuscripts, paper, originally belonged to Mr. Ma Ngoc Thanh. Subjects include: religious ceremonies, fortune telling, mantras, epics, poems, dictionary. Manuscripts were collected for research purposes by Mr. Thanh Phan. 24 manuscripts of handmade paper, handwritten text. Manuscripts ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 602 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/5
Title:: Farewell rituals for ill-fated infants
Scope & Content:: Mantras, incantations and instructions for performing a farewell ritual to ill-fated infants to send them back to their ancestors. 10 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 30cm x 17.5cm. The condition of the manuscr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 10 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/9
Title:: Body purification ritual, fortune telling, helping pregnant women
Scope & Content:: Prayers used by the shamans in a body purification ritual; instructions on fortune telling for illness; incantations to reduce the pain pregnant women suffer and help them give birth easily. 16 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 16 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/14
Title:: Recognition of deities within human's body
Scope & Content:: Instructions for recognizing the residential positions of deities within human's body; incantations to neutralize magic spells; incantations and procedure to protect body in daily activities. 30 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; some first pages are lost; written in Chinese ink on Chinese pap...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 30 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/32/23
Title:: Purification ritual for Maduen
Scope & Content:: Incantations and instructions for performing body purification for the Maduen before performing Rija ceremony. 4 pages. Cham manuscript; no covers; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 37cm x 18cm. A page is blank (004). The condition of the manuscr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 4 TIFF images

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