Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c9.38

c9.38

Such was the general type of apprenticeship amongst the craftsmen; but the teaching of drawing and design was confined to the superior division of the artificer's caste, the *galladdo* from whom the *pattal-hatara* men were drawn. The lower division of craftsmen had also some knowledge of design, but in the main relied upon the others to set out their work.