Title of the first text: 正戒師傅李勝員給付除煞秘典弟子李勝傳 [zhengjie shifu li shengyuan jifu chusha midian dizi li shengchuan]. External cover title: 壹本除煞秘語 [yichen chusha miyu ]. Instructions to dispel evil spirits or disaster. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios. Date(s) claimed...
Title of the first text: 一本受戒金語 [yiben shoujie jinyu]. External cover title: 受戒二教秘語 [shoujie erjiao miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本黃泉秘語 [yiben huangquan miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals and some for the salvation of the deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 folios.
Title of the first text: 顛倒天機壹部 [diandao tianji yibu]. External cover title: 顛倒秘天機壹部 [diandao mi tianji yibu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 28 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscrip...
Title of the first text: 太上洞玄靈寶玉皇本行集 [taishang dongxuan lingbao yuhuang benhangji ]. External cover title: 玉皇經上卷 [yuhuangjing shang juan ]. A scripture used in the ritual, seeking grace from Yuhuang (Jade emperor). Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 80 folios. Date(s) claime...
This collection contains 24 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/15/1 to EAP1126/1/15/24. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 化依科 [Huayi ke]. Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 108 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本大部 [yiben dabu]. External cover title: 壹本南靈大部 [yiben 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 118 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [敕壇科] [[chitan ke]]. Text to open ceremony and set up the altar, including some songs. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 216 folios.
External cover title: 壹本引朝科 [yiben yinzhao ke ]. Instructions about holding the audiences with the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丁卯年六月十六日啟十九日完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1927 / 1987. Extent and format of original material: 1 volu...