What: A 17th century Ethiopian manuscript containing Job and other books, with a note saying it was bought be “Walda ‘Amlak”.

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

Ref: OR 496
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_496

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