What: A 19th century Ethiopian manuscript containing a homily in honour of the Archangel Gabriel

Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB

Ref: OR 617
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_617

Provenance:
Stamped near the beginning: “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