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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/28/14
Title:: 玉皇經中部
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 玉皇經中部 [yuhuang jing zhongbu]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 42 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 21 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/1
Title:: 一本亡秘語/老君金語
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本亡秘語/老君金語 [yiben wang miyu/laojun jinyu]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes some money for the dead so they do not make problems for the living. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙亥年立簿. Calendar note: Stem-branche...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1875-1935
Extent:: 19 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/2
Title:: 一本日午燈延安龍解冤秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 一本日午燈延安龍解冤秘語 [yiben riwu dengyan anlong jieyuan miyu]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join the ceremony at the same time. “Thi...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1878-1938
Extent:: 41 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/3
Title:: 一本受戒科
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本受戒科 [yiben shoujie ke]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 64 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/4
Title:: 一本朝天秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本朝天秘語 [yiben chaotian miyu]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙丑年正月二十五日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1865 / 1925. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1865-1925
Extent:: 20 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/5
Title:: 道家齋醮秘語一本
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 道家齋醮秘語一本 [daojia zhaijiao miyu yiben ]. External cover title: 救苦盟真演朝科 [jiuku mengzhen yanchao ke ]. Ceremony to make audiences with the gods. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 144 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 嘉慶十八年癸酉歲次辰月朔七日抄畢.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 7 Apr 1813
Extent:: 73 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/6
Title:: 一本清醮秘語
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: 一本清醮秘語 [yiben qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Extent and form...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 30 Sep 1908
Extent:: 52 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/7
Title:: 一本受戒秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本受戒秘語 [yiben shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination tjai sei. ‘Give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to the boy’ and ‘take off the clothes magic.’ Extent and format of original material: 1...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 13 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/8
Title:: 一本書科
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 一本書科 [yiben shu ke ]. Compilation of three texts: Guangao, Huisheng and Chitan. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony. Huisheng: Text to open the ceremony. Chitan: Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 70 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 35 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/29/9
Title:: 沐浴化依一本科
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 沐浴化依一本科 [muyu huayi yiben ke]. Instructions for bathing the deceased and making the paper clothes for them. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 46 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 23 TIFF images

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