External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本開山科 [yiben kaishan ke]. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 129 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲?甲子年八月初八日酉時完.
External cover title and title of the first text: 盟真救苦演朝科 [mengzhen jiuku yanchao ke]. Ceremony to hold andiences with the gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 30 folios. Chinese era name (reg...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本初真科 [yiben chuzhen ke]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 11 foli...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 度亡秘語 [Duwang 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 l...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本按潛科 [yiben anqian ke]. Initiation ceremony for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 28 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 光緒七年辛巳歲七月二十日.
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本功蓸科 香花供伍 接聖科 招兵科共本 [yiben gongcao ke xianghua gongwu jiesheng ke zhaobing ke gongben ]. Ceremony to summon various tutelary gods, and to make offerings to the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original materia...
Title of the first text: 蛟龍 竪旛 從人 讃樓 科 [jiaolong shufan congren zancailou ke]. External cover title: 南相白文 茭簡科 破獄科 竪旛 從人 讃材樓 齋醮 煉度共一本 [nanxiangbaiwen jiaojian ke poyu ke shufan congren zancailou zhaijiao liandu gongyiben ]. Instructions for sending the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 南相白文 茭簡科 破獄科 竪旛 促人 讃材樓 斎醮 共一本黃文廣號 [Nanxiangbaiwen jiaojianke poyuke shufan curen zancailou zhaijiao gongyiben huangwenguanghao]. Instructions for sending the messenger drag...