What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1600-1667 including the second part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired with OR 656 which has the first part
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 657
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_657
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
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