External cover title and title of the first text: 一本神目 [yiben shenmu]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 演朝科 [yanchao ke]. Ceremony to hold andiences with the gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 67 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
External cover title and title of the first text: 関告會聖敕壇在頭二三宮同本書 [guangao huisheng chitan zaitou ersangong tongben shu]. 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 ...
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: 接聖?科 [jiesheng ke.] Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Bring the money fr...
External cover title and title of the first text: 玉皇下卷 [yuhuang xiajuan]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 18 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 乾隆四十四年臘月二...
External cover title and title of the first text: 道范科一本 [daofan ke yiben]. Basic book for the novice to learn. He may really start studying in real life if he wants to become a ritual expert. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 57 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: 南靈一本科 [nanling yibenke.] Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Custodia...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 大小斎醮咒亡秘 [Daxiao zhaijiao zhouwang mi]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Custodial history: Priv...
External cover title and title of the first text: 清燈葷延科一本 [qingdeng hunyan ke yiben]. Librettos for use in the rituals for summoning the gods. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 66 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 太歲?戌申年七月十八日完筆.
Title of the first text: 諸雜法亡秘語 [zhuza fawang miyu]. External cover title: 斎短秘語一本 [zhaiduan miyu yiben]. Magic to be used in the primary death rituals to send the dead to the Purgatory. Includes some money for the dead so they do not make problems for the living. Custodial history: Private co...