Archive Reference (shelfmark): EAP1126/1 / Subject: Clothing and Dress / Digitised Content Platform: Endangered Archives Programme - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1
Title:: Lanten Manuscripts from Northern Laos
Scope & Content:: This collection of manuscripts constitutes a resource of unique cultural value in Lanten society. Lanten (also known as Lao Huay and Yao Mun) are classified as one of the 39 ‘ethnic minorities’ of northern Laos that are officially acknowledged by the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos. Writte...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1735-2018
Extent:: 53813 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/1/17
Title:: 煉度科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 煉度科 [liandu ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ tablet. The...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 19 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/2/28
Title:: 小化依小南靈科同壹冊
Scope & Content:: External cover title: 小化依小南靈科同壹冊 [xiaohuayi xiaonanling ke tongyice ]. Compilation of two texts: xiao huayi and xiao nanling. Huayi: Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors; Nanling: Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scen...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1910-1970
Extent:: 32 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/3/8
Title:: 壹本日午燈筵安龍化衣（依）秘語
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 壹本日午燈筵安龍化衣（依）秘語 [yiben riwu dengyan anlong huayi miyu]. External cover title: 日午燈筵謝墓安龍化衣（依） [riwu dengyan xiemu anlong huayi]. Compilation of several texts: riwu dengyan, anlong and huayi. Riwu dengyan: Chanting to invite the deities into the house/altar; Anlong: Instr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: Mar 1892
Extent:: 83 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/3/29
Title:: 一本化依科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke ]. Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲壬午年戊寅腨甲午旬越至癸卯日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 18...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1882-1942
Extent:: 17 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/4/10
Title:: 沐浴化依謝王
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 沐浴化依謝王 [Muyu huayi xiewang]. Ceremony to bath and make clothes for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 68 folios.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 35 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/6/19
Title:: 一本化依沐浴小南靈科
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本化依沐浴小南靈科 [Yiben huayi muyu xiaonanling ke]. huayi: Ceremony to bath and make clothes for the ancestors. nanling: Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1904-1964
Extent:: 30 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/7/23
Title:: 一本化依小顆（科）
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 一本化依小顆（科） [yiben huayi xiaoke ]. External cover title: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke ]. Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬戌年八月中旬十七日未時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1922 / 1982. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1922-1982
Extent:: 13 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/8/5
Title:: 化依沐浴科一部
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 化依沐浴科一部 [huayi muyu ke yibu ]. External cover title: 沐浴化依科一本 [muyu huayi ke yiben ]. Ceremony to bath and make clothes for the ancestors Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 68 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 中華民國三十三年四仲呂月三十日申時.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 22 May 1944
Extent:: 35 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1126/1/11/33
Title:: 沐浴化依謝王科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 沐浴化依謝王科 [muyu huayi xiewang ke ]. Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 66 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 大明（民）國一年癸丑歲七月初九日完畢.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 10 Aug 1913
Extent:: 34 TIFF images

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