The Prince and the Plunder

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An 18th century manuscript of the second part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints (OR 659)

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What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1730 including the second part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 658 which has the first part

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

Ref: OR 659
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_659

Provenance:
Stamped on the first page: “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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