Title of the first text: 一本亡秘朝天金語 [yiben wang mi chaotian jinyu]. External cover title: 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 some money for the dead so they do not make problems for the living. Custodial history: Pr...
Title of the first text: 一本婚姻解諸煞法 [yiben hunyin jie zhusha fa]. External cover title: 婚姻金蜜全寶 [hunyin jinmi quanbao]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals for marital problems. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 54...
Title of the first text: 早晚救患秘語 [zaowan jiuhuan miyu]. External cover title: 三宮科 [sangong ke]. A book for baby naming ceremony which includes the ceremonies to ‘fix the flowers’ thus to reinforce the health and strengthen the baby, and to ‘kill the insects/pest’ of the flowers, that is to prot...
External cover title and title of the first text: 清醮秘語壹部 [qingjiao miyu yibu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 113 folios. C...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本良綠金語寶全冊 [Yiben lianglv jinyu bao quance]. Magic to make the altars for the Nyok Kaeng Maeng Yang ceremony. Altars become gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, frui...
Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 8 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本亡斎存照 [Yiben wangzhai cunzhao]. A short lexicon about terms used in classical Chinese articles or ritual documents. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and for...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke]. Ceremony to hold an audience with the gods in hell, for the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 7 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year)...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本小醮符吏 [Yiben xiaojiao fuli]. Instruction for summoning the spell officials (Fuli). Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volum...
Title of the first text: 道范幻學科 [daofan huanxue ke]. External cover title: 道范 [daofan]. A textbook for Daoist beginners to learn some common knowledge of Daoist rituals. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 34 folios. Chinese era name (re...