Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c15.38

c15.38

Windows of the second type are long and low, consisting of a long rectangular frame fitted with turned and lacquered wooden bars, and without doors or shutters; Pl. IX., 2, shows such a window, in the wall of the refectory at Malvatte Pansala. Mr Lewis figures a similar window from Laṅkātilaka. He also notes that in a *pansala* window at Kuṇḍasāle Vihāra, which has seven turned bars, the two outer bars are not in the same plane with the other five, but further recessed, apparently to give variety and greater play of light and shade.