What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript of the second part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. The first part is missing.
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 673
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_673
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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