Project / Collection: Continuing Digitisation of Cham Manuscripts in Vietnam / Container Reference (shelfmark): EAP1005/31 / Subject: Fortune-telling - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/1
Title:: Purification ceremony; fortune telling
Scope & Content:: Mantras used by shamans to perform body purification ritulas for unlucky or sick people. Other parts give instructions for fortune telling on babies, instructions on weather prediction. 80 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; covered by thick paper; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 84 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/4
Title:: Calendar calculation, funeral rituals, talismans
Scope & Content:: Instructions for calendar calculation; mantras to stop evils in funerals; talismans to relieve a village from misfortunes. 72 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; fabric cover; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half; Akhar Thrah script. Size: 19cm x 12.5cm. A page is blank ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 76 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/5
Title:: Purification ceremony, fortune telling, calendar calculation, medicine
Scope & Content:: Instructions for Cham calendar calculation; incantations to prevent the apparition of the ill-fated dead from harming other family's members; about age compatibility between husband and wife; fortune telling to find lost assets; some secret medicine used by shamans. 132 pages. Cham manuscript ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 136 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/8
Title:: Relieving one from misfortunes, talismans
Scope & Content:: Incantations used by shamans to perform ceremonies to relieve one from misfortunes, to neutralize harmful charms, to cure common illnesses; amulets for children who are not healthy. 72 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; fabric cover; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper folded in half...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 76 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/11
Title:: Rituals and fortune telling
Scope & Content:: Incantations and instructions for various rituals such as for relieving one from misfortunes, removing termite nests, purifying a house; instructions for finding fair dates and months. 54 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; no covers; written by marker on industrial paper folded in half; ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 54 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/12
Title:: The making of effigy, incantations for curing
Scope & Content:: Incantations and instructions for making the effigy to carry away sickness and misfortunes for the unlucky person; incantations for curing illnesses; neutralizing misfortunes at the beginning of a year. 24 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; covered by handmade paper; written in Chinese i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 28 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/13
Title:: Fortune telling, incantations for curing, calendar calculation
Scope & Content:: Instructions for fortune telling for illnesses, age compatibility, destiny, finding lost assets. Other parts include secret methods for shamans to cure illnesses; calculating methods for Cham Awal and Ahier calendars. 102 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; plastic cover; written in Chine...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 106 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/31/14
Title:: Calendar, the making of effigy, the removal of termite nest
Scope & Content:: Incantations to perform the ritual of making an effigy to carry away sickness and misfortunes for an unlucky person; rituals to remove termite nests; incantions to protect the shamans in their daily activities. 74 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; plastic cover; written in Chinese ink o...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 78 TIFF images

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