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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
This collection contains 31 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/11/1 to EAP791/1/11/31. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
External cover title and title of the first text: 四言雜字 [siyan zazi]. A brief encyclopedia used to learn some basic knowledge about Chinese with illustrations for some entries. A unique item in the collection. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 vol...
Title of the first text: 救苦延生宿啟科 [jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎宿啟科 [zhai suqi ke]. 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 deceased.The magic...