Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c22.62

c22.62

Hinges are not often met with, as in most cases the old-fashioned massive doors turn on wooden tenons. But massive iron hinges are to be seen at the Daḷadā Māligāva, and hinges are sometimes found in other buildings. Fig. 110, I, shows the hinge of a window leaf from the Girihāgama Valavva in Kandy; the same figure, II., shows a hinge from Doḍantale Vihāra, and III., a hasp from the same place. The iron rivets used to fasten hinges are sometimes