Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
No. 18: [Methods of determining auspicious hours], 1660
Item — Box: 2, Item: 18
Scope and Contents
Handwritten note on inside of wood cover reads: "Ola, written in Sinhalese on the prepared leaves of the Talipot palm in Kandy Ceylon, about 1660 A.D. The laquered [sic] covers etc. are modern. The subject is 'methods of determining auspicious hours' for collecting and dispensing remedies, departing on a journey, etc. Planetary influences in particular. Collected by Dr. Andreas Nell of Colombo, June, 1938."
Dates:
1660