Sri Lanka.- Waakyapota [The Book of Sentences], manuscript in Sinhala, Pali and Tamil, on 76 palm leaves, plus 2 blank palm leaves to front and rear, text to recto and verso, lengthwise in one column of ten lines to first 26 leaves, thereafter 2 columns of 10 lines, leaves loose, oblong polychrome painted wooden covers in red, yellow and green, covers and leaves strung together through twisted cotton cord in one of 2 small holes (present to each leaf and covers), covers slightly larger than leaves, small annotated leaf with title of text affixed to upper cover via cord, another label 'Wakkai-pota' pasted to lower cover, each leaf 56 x 167mm., covers 61 x 174mm., [Sri Lanka], [18th or 19th century].*** This small palm leaf manuscript deals with non-religious topics such as astrology, grammar, and syntax. It was produced in the same manner and style as Buddhist manuscripts of the same period, which were typically made of the Ola leaf or talipot palm leaf. On the painted covers, the front of each beveled panel features scrolling floral and vegetal ornament with lotus flowers in yellow and green-black on a red ground, the interior covers not painted.