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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/16
Title:: Anonymous Collector 16
Scope & Content:: This collection contains 31 manuscripts. The catalogue references of the individual manuscripts range from: EAP791/1/16/1 to EAP791/1/16/31. 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:: 1855-1978
Extent:: 1013 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/16/18
Title:: 壹本引朝科
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本引朝科 [yiben yinchao ke]. Instructions about holding audiences with the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 31 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 中華民國辛卯年七月二十七日終筆.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1951
Extent:: 28 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/16/12
Title:: 一本小百解秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本小百解秘語 [Yiben xiao baijie miyu]. Instructions about various magic for protection against disasters threatening the local community, and other exorcistic healing rituals. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 42 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/16/10
Title:: 伸斗按龍解冤秘語
Scope & Content:: This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 伸斗按龍解冤秘語 [Shendou anlong jieyuan miyu]. Compilation of three texts: An long, Shen dou and Jie yuan. An long: Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors; She...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 43 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP791/1/16/7
Title:: 一冊百解黃泉秘語
Scope & Content:: External cover title and title of the first text: 一冊百解黃泉秘語 [yice baijie huangquan miyu]. Magic to organize a healing ceremony for old people, who after many years start to get sick, tired, sleepy, etc. Aimed at tao man the Deities of the Elders. Three types of magic inside. Custodial history: ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 26 TIFF images

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