What: An 17th century Ethiopian manuscript including the first part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. The second part is missing.
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 668
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_668
Provenance:
Stamped on the 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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