Title of the first text: 慶賀橋台科 [qinghe qiaotai ke]. External cover title: 小橋台科 [xiao qiaotai ke ]. Instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tai Mu. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 66 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 道光二十年.
Title of the first text: 一本南相科 [yiben nanxiang ke]. External cover title: 南相科 [nanxiang ke]. Ceremony to hold an audience with the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬寅年二月二十七日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1902 / 1962. Extent and format...
This collection contains 49 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/5/1 to EAP1126/1/5/49. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Title of the first text: 荅經㧗默咒受戒用 [dajing zimo zhou shoujie yong]. External cover title: 荅經㧗 [dajing zi]. A manual about scriptures, spells and other magics for Daoist disciples. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丁酉年夷則月十八. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausib...
External cover title: 老君金語 一本婚姻諸煞秘語 [laojun jinyu yiben hunyin zhusha miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals for marital problems,especially about the wedding ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 54 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 小百解秘語 [xiao baijie miyu ]. Instructions about various magic for protection against disasters threatening the local community, and other exorcistic healing rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丁酉年夷則月乙未日. Calendar note: Stem-branches sy...
External cover title: 壹本禁盆秘語 [yiben jinpen miyu ]. Magic to rescue the soul sent by a hostile sorcerer to various areas. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 洪恩秘壹本 [Hongen mi yiben]. Magic to clean the land and recreate a new world after the flood. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 120 folios. Date(s) claimed...
External cover title: 按龍 救患秘語 [anlong jiuhuan miyu ]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves; Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丙子年七月十五日. Calendar note: Stem-b...