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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/15
Title:: 設醮飛章
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 設醮飛章 [shejiao feizhang]. 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 22 folios. C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1953
Extent:: 76 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/16
Title:: 一本山行?集
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: 一本山行?集 [yiben? hang？ji.] Instructions about the ceremony for the incense table, which relate to the fortune associated with specfici times. Custodial hist...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 24 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/17
Title:: 醮關告會聖敕壇科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 醮關告會聖敕壇科 [jiaoguangao huisheng chitan ke]. External cover title: 一本醮關告會聖敕壇科 [yiben jiaoguangao huisheng chitan ke]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Bring the money from the bank to...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 72 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/18
Title:: 貢王救苦延生宿啟科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 貢王救苦延生宿啟科 [gongwang jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎恩宿啟 [zhai'en suqi]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony to ensure the salvation of the newly decease...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/19
Title:: 門道大小兇斎秘全
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 門道大小兇斎秘全 [mendao daxiao xiong zhai mi quan]. External cover title: 天師老君秘語大小兇事 [tianshi laojun miyu daxiao xiongshi]. Miscellaneous discussions about the details and ritual performance. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 v...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 49 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/20
Title:: 一本求財秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本求財秘語 [Yiben qiucai miyu]. Instructions about the magic, especially for fortune in monetary matters. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1889
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/21
Title:: 小橋台科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 小橋台科 [Xiao qiaotai ke]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios....
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1876
Extent:: 60 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/22
Title:: 老號合婚書
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 老號合婚書 [laohao hehun shu]. External cover title: 一本鶴婚書中卷 [yiben hehun shu zhongjuan]. Manual about the horoscope of humans and the fortune of married couples. It is used in matchmaking in order to guarantee an hamonious life for the couple; the souls of the couple are b...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 84 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/23
Title:: 大小斎醮神目科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 大小斎醮神目科 [daxiao zhaijiao shenmu ke]. External cover title: 一本諸神目 [yiben zhu shenmu]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1844
Extent:: 82 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/24
Title:: 濟度血湖真經一本
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 濟度血湖真經一本 [jidu xuehu zhenjing yiben]. External cover title: 血湖真經 [xuehu zhenjing]. Money for the Deities in the River to resolve the mistakes of all the female ancestors and the dead whose blood (menstrual, birth…) had polluted the River. Custodial history: Private co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

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