What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1600-1667 including the first part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired with OR 657 which has the second part

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

Ref: OR 656
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_656

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