Title of the first text: 萬靈全書喃靈科 [wanling quanshu nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本喃靈科 [yiben nanling ke]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 114 folio...
Title of the first text: 一本削門喪家秘語 [yiben xuemen sangjia miyu]. External cover title: 喪家秘語 [sangjia 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. Extent and format of origina...
Title of the first text: 玉皇小部 消災妙經 度人小部 救苦妙經 [yuhuang xiaobu xiaozai miaojing duren xiaobu jiuku miaojing ]. External cover title: 玉皇小部經 [yuhuang xiaobu jing]. Anthology of four scriptures: Yuhuangjing: Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Xiaozaijing: Mon...
Title of the first text: 大部南靈 [dabu nanling]. External cover title: 南靈大部 [nanling dabu]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 116 folios. Date(s) claimed in...
External cover title: 按龍科 [anlong ke]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 壬子年八月初二. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1792 / 1852. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 92 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 迓王科 [Yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios.
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: 化衣(依)科 釋服 給從人 讚材樓在尾 [huayi ke shifu geicongren zancailou zaiwei]. Compilation of four texts: Huayi: Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, espec...
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: 破列內衡秘語壹本大部 [polie neiheng miyu yiben dabu]. instructions to resolve problems caused by deaths Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folio...
Title of the first text: 凶路齋醮密語一本 [xionglu zhaijiao miyu yiben]. External cover title: 大小齋醮咒短秘㫖 [daxiao zhaijiao zhouduan mizhi]. 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. Exte...