The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

Manuscript including the Book of Maccabees (OR 506)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript including the Book of Maccabees and an exposition of its words and phrases

Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB

Ref: OR 506
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_506

Provenance:
Stamped at the front: “Presented by the Secretary of State for India Aug. 1868”
Listed as part of the “Magdala collection” in William Wright’s Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847

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