[Wellcome MS Sinhalese 388].

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19th century
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[Wellcome MS Sinhalese 388]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Ginikeli sādana krama. Methods of making fireworks. The quantities in the formulae are given in astrological numerals, and at times the names of chemicals used are abbreviated.

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19th century.

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3.6 x 33 cm

References note

For full description see 'Catalogue of the Sinhalese manuscripts in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine' / K.D. Somadasa. London : Wellcome Trust, 1996

Notes

Palm-leaf; ff. 4(1-4); 3.6 x 32.8 cm; four to eight lines, copied in columns; fairly skilled small hand; quite fresh leaves; late 19th-century copy.

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