This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 三皇文章 男女通用 [Sanhuang wenzhang nannv tongyong]. Instructions for holding audiences with the gods, including the dialogue with Sanniang. Custodial history: Private collection...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 救患秘語一本 [Jiuhuan miyu yiben]. A book for baby naming ceremony which includes the ceremonies to ‘fix the flowers’ thus to reinforce the health and strengthen the baby, and to...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 清醮秘語壹本 [Qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Private collection....
External cover title and title of the first text: 大滅天災整村 [damie tianzai zhengcun]. Instructions about various magic for protection against disasters threatening the local community. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 38 folios. Chinese ...
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: 一本小雜秘. [yiben xiao zami]. Miscellaneous instructions about the magic which ensures the peace of the local community, and other exorcistic healing rituals. ...
Title of the first text: 授戒秘語 [shoujie miyu]. External cover title: 一本授戒秘語 [yiben shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本清醮秘語 [yiben 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 59 folios. C...
External cover title and title of the first text: 啟師破獄科 [qishi poyu ke]. Instructions about sending the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the deceased, imploring the gods (as the masters) to break the gates of the Purgatory, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history:...
Title of the first text: 一本大斎宿啟科 [yiben dazhai suqi ke]. External cover title: 一本斎宿啟科 [yiben zhai suqi ke]. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world (a magic book arranges their conception). The priest is the mother, he becomes Tjong Zheang Gee the Mother of the All the Living ...
This collection contains 17 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/15/1 to EAP791/1/15/17. Custodial history: The original manuscripts are part of a private collection owned by an anonymous collector in Northern Laos.