What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript containing Daniel, Job, Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach, and the Minor Prophets. Folio 1 a and 70 b are covered with “trials of the pen”.

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

Ref: OR 498
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_498

Provenance:
Stamped at the front: “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