What: A 19th century Ethiopian manuscript containing a collection of medical writings with the healing properties of different items, especially of plants
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 828
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_828
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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