File:Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript astrological calendar..JPG
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English: Image of rare folded Sinhalese palm-leaf manuscript astrological calendar (ca. 1800) from NLM’s MS S1 section. There is graceful and expressive handwriting and some of the contents are in verse. Each panel is small and delicate. Manuscripts like this served as reference works for ritualistic practices of the Sinhala healers. |
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| Source | Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/A109329. Also showcased in the book: Hidden Treasure (New York, NY: Blast Books, 2012), pp. 62-63. |
| Author | Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2010]. |
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| current | 17:03, 20 August 2013 | | 768 × 99 (38 KB) | Hmdpsych (talk | contribs) | User created page with UploadWizard |
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