Manuscripts
Sinhalese Ola
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Sinhalese Ola
Manuscripts
The Ola is wrapped in woven cloth, with a metal stylus.
mssHM 68491
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Sinhalese Ola
Manuscripts
An Ola written in Pali-Sinhalese on the prepared leaves of the Talipot Palm. The Ola includes invocations and forms of blessing used by the priest in Buddhist temples. The Ola is much warn from long and frequent use; the covers are of Jak wood. The covers and the laquer work, as well as the cord and medallion are by modern native artists.
mssHM 68489
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Sinhalese Ola
Manuscripts
A modern copy of a medieval Ola by Ceylon (Sri Lanka) artists. The covers are of Jak wood, painted by an artist connected with one of the Buddhist monasteries; the carved ivory button is by a well-known native engraver and the cord was made by a neophyte. The writing on the prepared leaves of the Talipot Palm was done by a scribe in another monastery.
mssHM 68488
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Sinhalese Ola
Manuscripts
Book was written on the prepared leaves of the Talipot palm. The subject of the text might be medical information.
mssHM 84332
Copies of ola slides
Visual Materials
Copies of ola slides - large mining operation
photCL SCE 07 - 01233
Copies of ola slides
Visual Materials
Copies of ola slides - Electric substation for large mining operation
photCL SCE 07 - 01235