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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/20
Title:: 一本求財秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本求財秘語 [Yiben qiucai miyu]. Instructions about the magic, especially for fortune in monetary matters. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1889
Extent:: 15 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/22
Title:: 老號合婚書
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 老號合婚書 [laohao hehun shu]. External cover title: 一本鶴婚書中卷 [yiben hehun shu zhongjuan]. Manual about the horoscope of humans and the fortune of married couples. It is used in matchmaking in order to guarantee an hamonious life for the couple; the souls of the couple are b...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 84 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/23
Title:: 大小斎醮神目科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 大小斎醮神目科 [daxiao zhaijiao shenmu ke]. External cover title: 一本諸神目 [yiben zhu shenmu]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent an...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1844
Extent:: 82 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/10/24
Title:: 濟度血湖真經一本
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 濟度血湖真經一本 [jidu xuehu zhenjing yiben]. External cover title: 血湖真經 [xuehu zhenjing]. Money for the Deities in the River to resolve the mistakes of all the female ancestors and the dead whose blood (menstrual, birth…) had polluted the River. Custodial history: Private co...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11
Title:: Anonymous Collector 11
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 31 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/11/1 to EAP791/1/11/31. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1842-1980
Extent:: 1459 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/2
Title:: 救苦延生宿啟科
Scope & Content:: Title of the first text: 救苦延生宿啟科 [jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎宿啟科 [zhai suqi ke]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony to ensure the salvation of the newly deceased.The magic...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 48 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/3
Title:: 壹本說醮科書
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本說醮科書 [yiben shuojiao ke shu]. Instructions for presenting an offering for the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 97 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 光緒三十三年乙巳歲拾月十五日完筆.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1907
Extent:: 18 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/4
Title:: 貢延洪恩秘語大全一本
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 貢延洪恩秘語大全一本 [Gongyan hong'en miyu daquan yiben]. Compilation of two texts: Gong yan and Hong en. Gong yan: Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 99 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/7
Title:: 一本授戒川光
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: 一本授戒川光 [yiben shoujie chuanguang.] Initiation ceremony for the ordination of the young Daoist disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 36 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/11/8
Title:: 一本功蓸開山科
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: 一本功蓸開山科 [yiben gongcao kaishan ke.] Compilation of two texts: Gong cao and Kai shan. Gong cao: Instructions to send the Four Messengers kong dow man to inf...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 75 TIFF images

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