What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1784-1788 including the first part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 665 which has the second part
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 664
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_664
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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