External cover title and title of the first text: 十方懺悔 [shifang chanhui]. Ceremony for releasing the souls from suffering and leaving the living people Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios.
Title of the first text: 判座科 [panzuo ke ]. External cover title: 帝母半(判)座科 [dimu panzuo ke]. The description of the work of Tai Mu and her servants. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國二十一年辛未歲啟壬申歲終. Calendar note: Started and completed in different years. Extent and format of original mater...
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: 盤黃歌書一本 [panhuang geshu yiben]. Libretto about the merits of Panhuang. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 44 folios. Date(s) claimed in t...
Title of the first text: 道門諸式一本書 [daomen zhushi yiben shu]. External cover title: 道門式 [daomen shi]. Miscellaneous instructions about ceremonies and the document templates for Daoist rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 皇號庚年.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 讚才樓科 [Zan cailou ke]. Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. This spirit-house is brought out of the village ...
External cover title: 諸雜秘密全本 [zhuza mimi quanben ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 86 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 救患密語 [Jiuhuan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 130 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本天師戒度科 [yiben tianshi jiedu ke]. External cover title: 一本披簪科 [yiben pizan ke]. The instructions to teach the boy. The ritual expert translates this book for the boy from formal to vernacular. Moral rules to follow in order to behave like a gentleman/scholar. Extent a...
This collection contains 34 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP1126/1/34/1 to EAP1126/1/34/34. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 諸敗法一本 [Zhubaifa yiben]. Magic to resolve problems caused by bad deaths. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios.