Title of the first text: 一冊按龍科 [yice anlong ke ]. External cover title: 一本按龍科 [yiben anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲辰年大呂龍頭冬. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1904 / 1964...
External cover title and title of the first text: 醮関告 醮敕壇 醮說醮 同一本 [jiao guangao jiao chitan jiao shuojiao tongyiben]. Compilation of three texts: Guangao, Chitan and Shejiao. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony. Chitan: Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. Shejiao: Ceremony to hold an off...
Title of the first text: 一本會聖科 [yiben huisheng ke ]. External cover title: 會聖科 [huisheng 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 start the ceremony. The priest tao kong prepares ...
Title of the first text: 壹本小橋臺科 [yiben xiaoqiaotai ke ]. External cover title: 一本小橋台科 [yiben xiaoqiaotai ke]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tai Mu. Extent and format of ori...
Title of the first text: 初授戒開經共一本 [chu shoujie kaijing gongyiben ]. External cover title: 初受戒初開經科一本 [chu shoujie chu kaijing ke yiben ]. Miscellaneous instructions of Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios...
External cover title: 南相會聖科 [nanxiang huisheng ke ]. Compilation of two texts: nanxiang and huisheng. Nanxiang: Ceremony to hold an audience with the gods; Huisheng: Text to open the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios.
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: 壹本帝母盤古小橋台科 [yiben dimu pangu xiaoqiaotai ke ]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and i...
External cover title: 一本靈寶婚?啟 [yiben lingbao hun ?qi]. Miscellaneous instructions about the rituals for marital problems. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲辛亥年五月初六日未時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1911 / 1971. Extent and format of original ma...
Title of the first text: 一本茭簡破獄科 [yiben jiaojian poyu ke]. External cover title: 交簡破獄科 [jiaojian poyu ke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaojian and Poyu. Jiaojian: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本神目科 [yiben shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己酉年六月二十六日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1909 / 1969. Extent and format of or...