The classical content or the appeal o f this collection to the student of literature is set out in the subject index, under the topics Poetry and Prose. This document should inspire a researcher on 19th-century Buddhist Sahgha to compile a comprehensive list prepared from the records of Upasampadi centres such as Malvatu VihSraya, Kandy. 163: Upas&mpa& ndma lekbana, is a brief document which lists the names of monks who have obtained higher ordination. This copy will be helpful for a hture edition of this text and to determine its title. Buddhist texts and tracts form the major portion of the collection, among which is MS. astronomy, astrology and ritualistic beliefs (see Subject Index). He was also the adviser to the village community on matters relating to traditional medicine, viz. The village practitioner had great faith in oral tradition, which, when committed to writing, was kept secretly within rhe family. The collection has over 90 items on medicine in the form of treatises, tracts, practical handbooks, pharmacopoeia and lexicons. Hans Ruelius (ed.) - Gottingen: 1974, and translation in Mediaeval SinabafeseArt, pp. This copy is indispensable for a future edition of the text. 300 contains Bimbamana vidhi: Sariputra, in Sanskrit 5Ioka.s and Sinhala paraphrase, on measurements to construct images, especially of the Buddha. See Mediaeval Sinbdhse Art, by Ananda K Coomaraswamy - 1908, chapter XI metal work, iron 349: Yak& u~tlkirirna,on smelting of iron ore, an industry once practised in the Kandyan districts of Sri Lanka. A curious tract in obscure technical and repetitive language comprises WS. It was discovered among the Burmese manuscripts by Mme Jacqueline Filliozat, and has been given pride of place as WS. A land grant engraved on a copper plate with the royal cipher 'hi' embossed in gold and borders with silver filigree, records the protection given to the sacred Tooth Relic at Dumbara Gaqegala vihzraya.

The diversity and unsuspected strength of the collection are illustrated by a few of the following examples. The collection of 469 manuscripts, cornplece or otherwise, provides a wide spectrum of subjects. Title and subject indexes are found at the end of the catalogue. Each entry contains a brief bibliographical description, the title of the text, a note on the contents and at least the beginning and end of the text. I have now catalogued and numbered them as WS.

These manuscripts were contained in boxes in the Library vadts and had not been described. INTRODUCTION A h years ago I was entrusted with the task of compiling a catalogue of palm-leaf manuscripts in Sinhala script preserved in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. 372 Specimen of folk line drawings in occult manuscript. 372 Specimen of the use of traditional numerals in a manuscript on fireworks. 371 Specimen of a verse containing Kattpaya system of numerals. 364 Line drawings in a book of charms with cover. Painted wooden cover (inside) 363 Ornamental brass covers (outside). 357 A royal charter inscribed in a copper plate. 2 I0 1.83 First published 1996 ISBN 1869835816 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Bookcraft (Bath) Ltd., Midsomex Norton, Somerset INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE 1996Д¬opyright O The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London 1996 The Wellcome Trust is a regisrered charity, no. F o r t h e H i s t o r y of M e d i c i n e

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