Subject: Death / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/24/38
Title:: 謝王化依科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 謝王化依科 [xiewang huayi ke]. Secondary death ritual combined with huayi ‘making clothes.’. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 27 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲？乙丑年七月二十一日抄完.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 29 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/24/40
Title:: 燈科燈文解結散花催靈科壹存用
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 燈科燈文解結散花催靈科壹存用 [dengke dengwen jiejie sanhua cuiling ke yi cunyong]. External cover title: 送終燈科 [songzhong deng ke]. Instructions for the dead in the house. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios. Chinese...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 50 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/24/43
Title:: 一本賀樓科
Scope & Content:: 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: 一本賀樓科 [yiben helou ke.] Zan cai lou: Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. It contains inst...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 55 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/25/2
Title:: 雜謝水符本境聖母雷王南朝科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 雜謝水符本境聖母雷王南朝科 [Zaxie shuifu benjing shengmu leiwang nanchao ke]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt. Healing cerem...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 30 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/25/12
Title:: 煉度
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 煉度 [Liandu]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. Last part of this cer...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 33 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/25/15
Title:: 按龍科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍科 [Anlong ke]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 45...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1849
Extent:: 47 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/25/18
Title:: 大小斎聖目
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 大小斎聖目 [daxiaozhaishengmu]. External cover title: 無上東獄解冤中壇科 [wu shang dong yu jie yuan zhong tan ke]. Magic to build a house for the deities with three levels outside of the house. In the magic kill the Jade Emperor and substitute him with the second in charge. Organize...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1778
Extent:: 41 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/25/20
Title:: 三夜喪家秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 三夜喪家秘語 [sanye sangjia miyu]. Instructions about various details in the rituals for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Chinese era...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1895
Extent:: 60 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/25/23
Title:: 南昌科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 南昌科 [nanchang ke]. External cover title: 南昌大煉科 [nanchang dalian ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from Purgatory during the second death ritual. They are bathed with water. In the last part of this ceremony, the...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1856
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/25/25
Title:: 南靈科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 南靈科 [nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本大部南靈科 [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. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original mate...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 51 TIFF images

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