External cover title and title of the first text: 尊典經中卷 [zundian jing zhongjuan]. Clothes, blankets, mattress, mosquito nets… all tools and things need in the house for Tjaeng Daeh - deities in which the members of household belive - of the household. Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
Title of the first text: 玉皇經卷下 [yuhuang jing juanxia]. External cover title: 玉皇經 [yuhuang jing]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十九年癸巳歲雷分朔六抄完筆.
Title of the first text: 度人道場科 [duren daochang ke ]. External cover title: 度人道場經 [duren daochang jing]. Instructions to cleansing the body of the novice (cleanse the past mistakes). A purification ritual so he can start the ritual ‘cleansed.’ Extent and format of original material: 1 volume o...
Title of the first text: 救苦經一部 [jiuku jing yibu]. External cover title: 救苦經 [jiuku jing]. Money to pay to Keau Hu Man so they protect all the ancestors and the dead. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十九年癸巳歲雷分.
External cover title: 血湖經 [xuehu jing]. 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. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 folios.
External cover title: 八陽經上卷/玉皇經上卷 [bayang jing shangjuan/yuhuang jing shangjuan]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios.
Title of the first text: 玉皇經上卷一部 [yuhuang jing shangjuan yibu]. External cover title: 玉皇經 [yuhuang jing ]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 44 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十九年.
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.
This collection contains 42 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/29/1 to EAP1126/1/29/42. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
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...