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1. EAP791/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1
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:
1650-21st century
Extent:
34245 TIFF images

2. EAP791/1/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/1/4
Title:
迓王科
Scope & Content:
Title of the first text: 迓王科 [yawangke]. External cover title: 迓王科壹本 [yawangke yiben]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 18 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 光緒十七年...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1891
Extent:
58 TIFF images

3. EAP791/1/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/1/6
Title:
喪家秘語
Scope & Content:
Title of the first text: 喪家秘語 [sang jia miyu]. External cover title: 送終度亡三應老水圖 [songzong duwang san ying lao shui tu]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
94 TIFF images

4. EAP791/1/4/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/4/9
Title:
度亡天機秘語
Scope & Content:
Title of the first text: 度亡天機秘語 [duwangtianjimiyu]. External cover title: 喪家秘 [sangjia mi]. 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: Private collection. Ex...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
93 TIFF images

5. EAP791/1/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/5/1
Title:
黃泉橋蒼良 天地血盆法
Scope & Content:
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: 黃泉橋蒼良 天地血盆法. [huangquan qiao cang liang tiandi xuepen fa]. Ceremony related to tombs and funeral for the newly deceased, especially for the ones who died b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
90 TIFF images

6. EAP791/1/10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/10/1
Title:
按龍秘語天機法 伸斗解冤
Scope & Content:
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍秘語天機法 伸斗解冤 [Anlong miyu tianji fa shendou jieyuan]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors.First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Bas...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1863
Extent:
52 TIFF images

7. EAP791/1/10/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/10/2
Title:
壹本諸百解晨昏早朝夜聰祭鬼使用
Scope & Content:
Title of the first text: 壹本諸百解晨昏早朝夜聰祭鬼使用 [yiben zhu baijie chenhun zaozhao yecong jigui shiyong]. External cover title: 壹本諸百解晨昏早朝夜聰使用易 [yiben zhu baijie chenhun zaozhao yecong shiyongyi]. Miscellaneous descriptions ofexorcistic healing rituals , and the ceremony in the funeral. Custodial hist...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1920
Extent:
37 TIFF images

8. EAP791/1/10/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/10/5
Title:
茭間科 破獄科 讃材樓 三本
Scope & Content:
Title of the first text: 茭間科 破獄科 讃材樓 三本 [jiaojianke poyuke zancailou sanben]. External cover title: 茭間科 破獄科 讃材樓 [jiaojianke poyuke zancailou]. Compilation of three texts: Jiao jian, Po yu, Zan cai lou. Jiao jian: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
44 TIFF images

9. EAP791/1/10/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/10/6
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 second death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ tabl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
34 TIFF images

10. EAP791/1/10/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP791/1/10/7
Title:
清醮大斎授戒同一本秘語
Scope & Content:
Title of the first text: 清醮大斎授戒同一本秘語 [qingjiao dazhai shoujie tongyiben miyu]. External cover title: 清醮大斎初真授戒同一本秘語 [qingjiao dazhai chuzhen shoujie tongyiben miyu]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the funeral ceremony. Custodial history: Private collection. Ext...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1983
Extent:
101 TIFF images

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