External cover title and title of the first text: 一本伸斗科 [yiben shendou ke ]. First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities of the Elders. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 72 folios. Date(s) claimed in the man...
External cover title and title of the first text: 謝王化依科一本 [xiewang huayi ke yiben]. Secondary death ritual combined with huayi ‘making clothes.’ Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 76 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒二十三年十二月十四日辰時終筆.
Title of the first text: 按龍伸斗秘語 [anlong shendou miyu ]. External cover title: 按龍伸斗科 [anlong shendou ke ]. Anlong: Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Shendou: First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities...
Title of the first text: 一本三宮科用 [yiben sangong ke yong]. External cover title: 一本三宮科通用 [yiben sangongke tongyong ]. Instructions to introduce the patient – exclusively for elder men – to the Deities of the Elders; also serve to arrange Life extension ceremonies. Date(s) claimed in the manuscr...
This collection contains 30 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/39/1 to EAP1126/1/39/30. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Title of the first text: 延生土府貢王救苦季烈兇路神目科 [yansheng tufu gongwang jiuku jilie xionglu shenmu ke]. External cover title: 延生土府貢王目 [yansheng tufu gongwang mu]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony t...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 百解科 [Baijie ke]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 94 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 貢延洪恩秘語一本 [gongyan honglou miyu yiben]. Compilation of three texts: Gong yan, Hong en Hong lou. Gong yan: Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the Tjeang Daeh. The altars are transformed into wealth, fruitful lands, and p...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 清醮秘語一本 [Qingjiao miyu yiben]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Extent and format of original ma...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 受戒秘語一本 [Shoujie miyu yiben]. Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘gi...