What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1769-1770 of the Fetha Nagast or Justice of Kings, Ecclesiastical laws and Civil laws. Faus Manfasawi of Abba Michael
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 808
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_808
Provenance:
Stamped on first page: “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
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