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Pauline Epistles, Apostolic Epistles, Acts, Revelation (OR 527)

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What: An early 18th century manuscript of the Pauline Epistles, the Apostolic Epistles, Acts, Revelation. “Contains extracts, in a later hand, from the Commentary of John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews ; and from a Commentary on 1st and 2nd Corinthians, in which Athanasius and John Chrysostom are cited.”

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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