External cover title and title of the first text: 四言雜字 [siyan zazi]. A brief encyclopedia used to learn some basic knowledge about Chinese with illustrations for some entries. A unique item in the collection. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 vol...
Title of the first text: 救苦延生宿啟科 [jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎宿啟科 [zhai suqi ke]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony to ensure the salvation of the newly deceased.The magic...
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本說醮科書 [yiben shuojiao ke shu]. Instructions for presenting an offering for the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 97 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 光緒三十三年乙巳歲拾月十五日完筆.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 貢延洪恩秘語大全一本 [Gongyan hong'en miyu daquan yiben]. Compilation of two texts: Gong yan and Hong en. Gong yan: Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the ...
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: 壹册南昌科大小煉叁 [yizhou?changkedaxiao?san?.] Compilation of spells which seem to be used in the ritual for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一冊皈依授戒 [yice guiyi shoujie]. Text used during the ordination of the young man. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 34 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲？癸卯年正月二十九日完畢.
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: 一本授戒川光 [yiben shoujie chuanguang.] Initiation ceremony for the ordination of the young Daoist disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and...
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: 一本功蓸開山科 [yiben gongcao kaishan ke.] Compilation of two texts: Gong cao and Kai shan. Gong cao: Instructions to send the Four Messengers kong dow man to inf...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本招兵接聖大獻科 [yiben zhaobing jiesheng daxian ke]. A scenario for summoning tutelary gods and others, with stories as the background for the ritual. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 31 foli...
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: 壹本判座花娘科 [yiben panzuo huaniang ke.] A scenario about the request for reincarnation; new souls, namely ancestral souls that are identified as 'flowers' are ...
