Title of the first text: 聖母解関科 [shengmu jieguan ke]. External cover title: 一本解関科 [yiben jieguan ke]. Special instructions to treat skin diseases suffered by children. The book contains techinical and ritual instructions to heal the children. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of...
External cover title and title of the first text: 清醮宿啟科 [qingjiao suqi ke]. Ceremony to announce the gods in advance (namely Suqi) as the preparation period of the ritual for the longevity of the hosts. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子戍午年五十七日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-...
External cover title and title of the first text: 伸斗科 [shendou ke]. First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities of the Elders. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年則鐘月念日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years c...
External cover title and title of the first text: 半(判)座科 [panzuo ke ] [Early summer 1889]. The description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tei Mu [Early summer 1889]. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 130 folios [Early summer 18...
External cover title and title of the first text: 師授戒川光科 [shishoujie chuanguang ke]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒元年巳亥歲夷則月上望日抄完.
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: 延生單時科在頭 清醮說醮科在尾 二部同冊 [yansheng danshike zaitou qingjiao shuojiaoke zaiwei erbu tongce]. Compilation of two texts: Yansheng danshi and Qingjiao shuojiao. Ya...
External cover title: 一本清醮說醮飛章科 [yiben qingjiao shuojiao feizhang ke]. Instructions for assisting dragons to bring the ritual payments to the Ancestors. They carry all the offerings the gold, the silver, the cash, the food, livestock, the clothes, the tools, etc. and become offerings themselves...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript [Early summer 1900]. Title of the first text: 南堂大會科 [Nantang dahui ke]. Magic to build the altars in this side and the Otherworld for the Tjeang Daeh. The altars are transformed into wealth, fruitfu...
Title of the first text: 二寈功曹共二十四古教羅五娘招兵科 [erqing gongcao gong ershisi gujiaoluo wuniang zhaobing ke ]. External cover title: 二寈功曹科 [erqing gongcao ke ]. Compilation of two texts: erqing gongcao and zhaobing luowu. Erqing gongcao: Ceremony to summon various tutelary gods; Zhaobing luowu: Instr...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本書科 [Yiben shu ke]. Compilation of documents used in the ritual for the salvation of the deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 78 folios. Date(s)...