Title of the first text: 授戒秘語 [shoujie miyu]. External cover title: 一本授戒秘語 [yiben shoujie miyu]. Magic for the ordination disciple, including: ‘give the armies,’ ‘conceive the spirit-baby,’ ‘meeting with the deities,’ ‘open the eyes of the novice,’ ‘shoot [cleanse] the boy,’ ‘give the tools to...
External cover title and title of the first text: 尊典下卷 [zundian xia juan]. Clothes, blankets, mattress, mosquito nets… all tools and things needed in the house for Tjaeng Daeh - deities in which the members of household belive - of the household. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 尊典上卷 [zundian shangjuan]. Clothes, blankets, mattress, mosquito nets… all tools and things needed in the house for Tjaeng Daeh - deities in which the members of household belive - of the household. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent...
External cover title and title of the first text: 玉皇上卷 [yuhuang shangjuan]. 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 13 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): ?甲子流年啟錄.
External cover title and title of the first text: 太上消災經 [taishang xiaozai jing]. Money for Piao Man and Yao Zhaeng to take care of the owners of the ceremony, that is to say, of the household. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 10 folios...
External cover title and title of the first text: 血湖經 [xuehu jing]. Money for the Deities in the River to resolve the mistakes of all the female ancestors and the dead whose blood (menstrual, birth…) had polluted the River. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 度人道場 [duren daochang]. Instructions for cleansing the body of the novice (cleanse the past mistakes). A purification ritual so he can start the ritual ‘cleansed.’. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 遠棺科 [yuanguan ke]. Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scenario. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 44 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 嘉慶甲戌年閏月備錄.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 道門雜式 [Daomen za shi]. Miscellaneous instructions about ceremonies and the document templates for Daoist rituals. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format ...
Title of the first text: 一本師授戒川光科 [yiben shi shoujie chuanguang ke]. External cover title: 一本川科 [yiben chuan ke ]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 79 folios. Chinese e...