The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

A manuscript including The Octateuch, Gospels and ecclesiastical works (OR 481)

Published / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a Comment

What: A late 17th Century, profusely illustrated, manuscript of The Octateuch – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth – as well as the Gospels and ecclesiastical works

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

Ref: OR 481
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_481

Provenance:
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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