External cover title and title of the first text: 煉度科 [liandu ke]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ tabl...
Title of the first text: 清醮大斎授戒同一本秘語 [qingjiao dazhai shoujie tongyiben miyu]. External cover title: 清醮大斎初真授戒同一本秘語 [qingjiao dazhai chuzhen shoujie tongyiben miyu]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the funeral ceremony. Custodial history: Private collection. Ext...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 諸神秘語總在內也 [Zhushen miyu zong zainei ye]. Miscellaneous instructions of ceremony related to tombs and funeral for the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Exten...
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...
Title of the first text: 清醮禮境單時演朝科 [qingjiao lijing danshi yanchao ke]. External cover title: 禮境 [lijing]. Ceremony to hold audiences with the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 59 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 皇號辛未年?.
Title of the first text: 送終三夜秘 [songzhong sanye mi]. External cover title: 度亡三夜送終 [duwangsanyesongzhong]. Instructions about details of the ritual for the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 53 folios. Chinese...
External cover title and title of the first text: 設醮飛章 [shejiao feizhang]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 22 folios. C...
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...
Title of the first text: 醮關告 會聖 敕壇科 [jiaoguangao huisheng chitan ke]. External cover title: 一本醮關告 會聖 敕壇科 [yiben jiaoguangao huisheng chitan ke]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Bring the money from the bank to...
Title of the first text: 貢王救苦延生宿啟科 [gongwang jiuku yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 斎恩宿啟 [zhai'en suqi]. 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 decease...