The Prince and the Plunder

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A 16th century manuscript, Talmid, Theological Treatise (OR 782)

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What:  An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1563-1597 with Talmid on the spine, described as a Theological Treatise against various heresies

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

Ref: OR 782
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_782

Provenance:
Stamped inside cover: “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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