Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c11.7

c11.7

Certain methods of combining these elements are next briefly referred to, as: serial repetition (G. *Ranken-bordure*); alternating repetition (knop and flower, etc.); interrupted branch (G. *intermittirende Wellenranke*); continuous branch (G. *fortplanzende Wellenranke*); knop or knot (*geta*, *pota*, *bandha*); interlacements (*pattuva*, *dangaya*); whorl (*poruva*); ‘affrontement,’ (G. ‘*Wappen-stil*,’ a special case of symmetry); parsemé; ‘flower in mouth.’ The 108 *Mangalya lakshana* or *ma(n)gul-lakunu* are also explained and partially illustrated. These elements of design I now describe in the foregoing order. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are further described in mnemonic verses quoted from the Rūpāvaliya.