Sinhalese Ola
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0114 MS0271 |
Held at | : Royal College of Surgeons of England Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums-and-archives/archives/ › |
Full title | : Sinhalese Ola |
Date(s) | : c1760 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 item |
Name of creator(s) | : Depositor |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
An ola is a leaf or strip of a leaf of the palmyra, traditionally used in Southern India and Sri Lanka for writing on. It is also a letter or document written on such a leaf.
The Sinhalese are the native inhabitants of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Sinhalese ola, c 1760, comprising a volume of palm leaves, containing a manuscript treatise on diseases, symptoms and treatments.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Pali
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
By written appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying permitted.
Finding aids:
Archival Information
Archival history:
A similar ola was lost in 1941.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Obtained by Andreas Nell MD of Kandy, Sinhala, Sri Lanka, for the donor Casey A Wood MD.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Sep 2008
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