[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c1.2 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c1.2 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c1.2) But even in these works, we can see the beginnings of a more critical spirit. The \*Gesta Romanorum\*, for instance, contains stories that are clearly derived from classical sources, and the \*Legenda Aurea\* is full of accounts of the lives of the saints that are based on earlier, more reliable records. The Church was not entirely indifferent to the truth; it was simply that its conception of truth was different from our own. It was a truth that was not to be found in the dusty archives of the past, but in the living experience of the present. - [Previous: c1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c1.1) - [Next: c1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c1.3) - [Up: c1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c1.2) · Pramāṇa