What: An 18th Ethiopian Book of the Funeral Ritual. It appears to have a ripped page, not mentioned in the official description.
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 551
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_551
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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