Project / Collection: Continuing Digitisation of Cham Manuscripts in Vietnam / Subject: Plants - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/27/5
Title:: Incantations used by shamans
Scope & Content:: Incantations used by Gru Urang dignitaries for various purposes: treatment of smallpox (kadha daok di baoh), keeping wild animals away when travelling through the forest (ngap di rimaong), reducing pain when giving birth, creating charms to harm the Kinh (Vietnamese) people, recognizing differen...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 162 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/29
Title:: Cham manuscripts inherited or collected by Mr. Dao Si Kheo, from Van Lam Village
Scope & Content:: 15 Cham manuscripts, paper, orignially belonged to Mr. Dao Si Kheo. Subjects include: Bani bible, religious ceremonies, fortune telling, mantras, legends, poems. Manuscripts were collected for research purposes by Mr. Thanh Phan. 15 manuscripts of handmade paper, handwritten text. Manuscripts ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century-20th century
Extent:: 1072 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/29/7
Title:: Rituals for ill fated deaths
Scope & Content:: Mantras used by Gru Urang to perform rituals for those who die ill-fated deaths such as death by being crushed by a tree, bitten by a tiger, by fire, charged to death by a buffalo. 42 pages. Cham manuscript bound by threads; covered by Chinese paper; written in Chinese ink on Chinese paper; Ak...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 46 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1005/29/12
Title:: Purification mantras for the ill-fated deaths
Scope & Content:: Mantras used by Gru Urang to perform purification ceremonies to relieve one from misfortuness; to perform rituals for the ill-fated deaths (such as accidental deaths from snakebites, tiger attacks, hanging, being stabbed, being crushed by a tree, drowning.). 50 pages. Cham manuscript bound by ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Arabic and Chamic
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 54 TIFF images

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