No. 8: [Selection of favorable days and hours for gathering and preparing medical remedies], 1570

Handwritten note on inside of wood cover reads: "Very old and rare Ola, written by a Vederala (native Ceylon doctor) on the selection of favorable days and hours for gathering and preparing medical remedies. The MS was probably made about 1570 A.D. Collected by Dr. Andreas Nell of Colombo, Ceylon for 'Dr. Casey Wood, Suisse Hotel, Kandy, (Ceylon)' [text in quotation marks is stamped]. Written in Sinhalese. The cord, button and laquered [sic] covers are modern, after antique models."