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. A divination manual. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 10 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
External cover title and title of the first text: 延生三時科 [yanshengsanshike]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. These three audiences may also refer to thee propicious full-moons within a year; same stru...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大治天娘亡堂秘語 [yiben dazhi tianniang wangtang miyu]. Ceremony for the salvation of the newly deceased female. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 19 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 光...
External cover title and title of the first text: 清醮秘語 [qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 18 folios. Chinese e...
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: 一本山行?集 [yiben? hang?ji.] Instructions about the ceremony for the incense table, which relate to the fortune associated with specfici times. Custodial hist...
External cover title and title of the first text: 迓王科 [yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 44 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 咸豐二年壬子歲次四月十一日開筆.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 先主來請聖之法 [Xianzhu lai qingsheng zhi fa]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals, ceremony in Taoist rituals or funerals. Custodial history: Private col...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大治天娘亡堂秘語 [yiben dazhi tianniang wangtang miyu]. Ceremony for the salvation of the newly deceased female members of the family. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios. Chinese era...
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.