External cover title and title of the first text: 玉皇上卷 [yuhuang shangjuan ]. A scripture used in the ritual, seeking grace from Yuhuang (Jade emperor). Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 破獄 交龍 煉度科 [poyu jiaolong liandu ke ]. Instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory. Send the deities to attack the underworld and collect the dead. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 70 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscrip...
External cover title and title of the first text: 太上尊典經書下卷 [taishang zundian jingshu xiajuan ]. A comprehensive collection of around twelve scriptures, and some records of some spells and talismans. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 44 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscri...
Title of the first text: 度人道場經書 [duren daochang jingshu ]. External cover title: 度人道場經 [duren daochang jing ]. Instructions for cleansing the body of the novice (cleanse the past mistakes) and taking three refuges. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙亥年六月十二日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches...
External cover title and title of the first text: 三官大部 [sanguan dabu ]. A scripture about the function and the merit of Sanguan (the Three Officers, including Heaven, Earth and Water). Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 20 folios.
Title of the first text: 玉樞經壹卷 [yushu jing yijuan ]. External cover title: 玉樞經書壹卷 [yushu jingjuan yijuan ]. A scripture about the function and the merit of LeiSheng Puhua Tianzun (Celestial Worthy of the Sound of Thunder of Universal Transformation). Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 初真在頭 披簪科在中 開解科在尾 [Chuzhen zaitou pizan ke zaizhong kaijie ke zaiwei]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 清醮関告 敕壇 宿啟 設醮科共本 [Qingjiao guangao chitan suqi shejiao ke gongben]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Cele...
Title of the first text: 小喃靈 [xiao nanling ]. External cover title: 小南靈科 [xiao nanling ke ]. Ceremony for seeing off the newly deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 28 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 同治四年歲次乙丑季夏月上完抄.
External cover title and title of the first text: 迓王科 [yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 同治十四年六月拾七日抄完.