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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1221/13 Subject Birth Level [40] File

1. EAP1221/13/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/1/1
Title:
དཔེ་ཆ
Scope & Content:
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. No title page. A very common cleansing and purification ritual, an incense ritual. The ritual is performed within the house if a new baby is born, or someone has died. Juniper, modern incense and ts...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
25

2. EAP1221/13/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/13
Title:
གབ་རྩེ།
Scope & Content:
An astrological thangka / divination chart used to calculate auspicious and inauspicious dates, depending on a person's day, month and year of birth. Painted on to cloth on a wheat paste gesso ground. Mounted on to black cloth.The thangka is stored in a painted tube. Extent: One astrological than...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
9