[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) › c19.22 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.22 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c19.22 - **Language:** English ### [c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.22) The varnish is made as follows: powdered \*dummala\* (which must be white and clean, \*Varnish\* not dark) is mixed with \*doraṇa\* (oil) and boiled for half an hour or more and then allowed to cool, when it is ready for use. The varnish so prepared smells strongly of turpentine and dries quickly.\* The yellow \*gokaṭu\* (gamboge) paint is said to be itself a \*valicciya\* and not to require any other varnish. A superior method of varnishing small wooden articles is to cover the painting with a thin coating of carefully cleaned and strained lac (\*keppeṭṭiya lakaḍa\*), applied with heat. Old book covers will always be found to have been thus treated. - [Previous: c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.21) - [Next: c19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.23) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c19.22) · Pramāṇa