External cover title and title of the first text: 一本斎醮神目科 [yiben zhaijiao shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original mate...
Title of the first text: 大小斎聖目 [daxiaozhaishengmu]. External cover title: 無上東獄解冤中壇科 [wu shang dong yu jie yuan zhong tan ke]. Magic to build a house for the deities with three levels outside of the house. In the magic kill the Jade Emperor and substitute him with the second in charge. Organize...
Title of the first text: 一本演朝科 [yiben yanchao ke]. External cover title: 演朝科 [yanchao ke]. Ceremony to hold audiences with the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 23 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲?丁酉年七月二十三日抄完.
External cover title and title of the first text: 三夜喪家秘語 [sanye sangjia miyu]. Instructions about various details in the rituals for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Chinese era...
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: 一本二三宮科 [yiben ersan gong ke.] Ceremony to hold a lamp ritual, mainly aiming at the Dipper gods, ensuring the fortune of the host. Custodial history: Priva...
This manuscript has does not contain a formal title on either the outer cover of the manuscript or the internal cover of the first text. Text about admonishing people to be kind. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 23 folios. Chinese era...
Title of the first text: 南昌科 [nanchang ke]. External cover title: 南昌大煉科 [nanchang dalian ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from Purgatory during the second death ritual. They are bathed with water. In the last part of this ceremony, the...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 禁盤秘集法在內 [Jinpan miji fa zainei]. Magic to rescue the soul sent by hostile sorcerer to various areas (eg. Spirit-side, Deep Forest, Purgatory, River). Custodial history: Pr...
Title of the first text: 南靈科 [nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本大部南靈科 [yiben dabu nanling ke]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original mate...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 斎醮関告科 [Zhaijiao guangao ke]. Text to open the ceremony. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 25 folios. Chinese era...