The Prince and the Plunder

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Acts, Pauline Epistles, “much stained by water, and mutilated” (OR 528)

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What: An 18th century manuscript of Acts and the Pauline Epistles, described as “much stained by water, and mutilated”.

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

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