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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17
Title:: Anonymous Collector 17
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 39 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/17/1 to EAP791/1/17/39. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1650-1940
Extent:: 1423 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/1
Title:: 又集授戒川光
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 又集授戒川光 [youji shoujie chuanguang]. External cover title: 一本授戒川光 [yiben shoujie chuanguang]. Magic for the ordination of the disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1940
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/3
Title:: 度亡天機一本
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 度亡天機一本 [duwang tianji yiben]. 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. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and form...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1842
Extent:: 54 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/5
Title:: 一本亡秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本亡秘語 [Yiben wang miyu]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes instructions on the ritual payments for the dead so they ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1897
Extent:: 7 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/6
Title:: 隔空亡秘一本
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 隔空亡秘一本 [Gekong wang mi yiben]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes instructions on the ritual payments for the dead so...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1650
Extent:: 7 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/13
Title:: 貢延紅樓清燈金樓
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 貢延紅樓清燈金樓 [gongyan honglou qingdeng jinlou]. External cover title: 大會天機貢延洪恩秘語 [dahui tianji gongyan hong'en miyu]. Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the Tjeang Daeh. The altars are transformed into wealth, fruitful lands, and palaces. Mag...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1853
Extent:: 55 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/15
Title:: 良綠天機一本
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 良綠天機一本 [Lianglv tianji yiben]. Magic to make the altars for the Nyok Kaeng Maeng Yang ceremony. Altars become gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, live...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 48 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/16
Title:: 洪恩蜜
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 洪恩蜜 [Hong'en mi]. Magic to clean the land and recreate a new world after the flood. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volum...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 73 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/21
Title:: 一本雜謝科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 一本雜謝科 [yiben za xie ke]. Instructions about acknowledging the grace from the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 15 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 43 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/17/31
Title:: 大斎宿啟科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 大斎宿啟科 [dazhai suqi ke]. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world (a magic book arranges their conception). The priest is the mother, he becomes Tjong Zheang Gee the Mother of the All the Living Creatures. Custodial history: Priv...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

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