The Prince and the Plunder

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Acts of the Saints and Martyrs written between 1769 and 1777 (OR 696)

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What:

Acts of Saints and Martyrs, Gadla Samatat, arranged for the whole year from Maskarram to Nahase, written between 1769 and 1777

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

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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

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