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EAP791/1/25/12
- Record Id:
- 040-003706802
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003706207
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108466925.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP791/1/25/12
- Title:
- 煉度
- Additional Titles:
-
Liandu
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript.
Title of the first text: 煉度 [Liandu].
Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the second death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ tablet. The dead are bathed, get new clothes and are fed. They become official ancestors.
Custodial history: Private collection.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 31 folios.
Chinese era name (regnal year): 中華民國庚？年七月初九日抄完.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Lanten Textual Heritage
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003706207
033-003706790
040-003706802 - Is part of:
- EAP791/1 : Lanten Manuscripts from Northern Laos
EAP791/1/25 : Anonymous Collector 25
EAP791/1/25/12 : 煉度 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003706207[0025]/033-003706790[0012]/040-003706802
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP791/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 33 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP791-1-25-12 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Chinese
- Scripts:
- Han (Traditional)
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Northern Laos
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Former External References:
- EAP791_MSS0570
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in a private collection in Northern Laos.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)