What: An 18th century manuscript containing The Book of Enoch, The Octateuch – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth – as well as other books, “apocryphal portions” and a short section on the Law.
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 484
Digital version: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_484
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
Posted In Biblical books | Manuscripts | The Plunder
Tagged