External cover title and title of the first text: 天師戒度科 [tianshi jiedu ke ]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子民國二千十四歲甲午年十月初十日完秉.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本初真科 [yiben chuzhen 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 50 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: ...
External cover title: 一本小喃靈 [yiben xiao nanling ]. Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scenario. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲辰?六月初七日抄完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1904 / 1964. Extent and format of origina...
This collection contains 20 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/20/1 to EAP1126/1/20/20. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
External cover title: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke ]. Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲辰年五月十一日未時終畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1904 / 1964. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios.
Title of the first text: [謝境雷水符科] [[xiejing lei shuifu ke]]. External cover title: [宗師李道亮花南南女祭李雲璋朝存] [[zongshi Li daoliang huanan nannv ji liyunzhang chaocun]]. Ceremony to resolve the problems with deities of hunters, rivers and armies. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 54f...
Title of the first text: 大部南靈 [dabu nanling ]. External cover title: 壹本大部南靈科 [yiben dabu nanling ke ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 120 folios. Date...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 道範科 [Daofan ke]. Basic book for the novice to study. He may really start studying in real life if he wants to become a ritual expert. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲...
External cover title: 說醮在頭 飛章在中 送聖三獻在尾 共一本 [shuojiao zaitou feizhang zai zhong songsheng sanxian zaiwei gongyigen ]. Ceremony to set up an altar, hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host; and offering flowers and wine, etc. several tim...