The Prince and the Plunder

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An early 18th century manuscript of the Miracles of Mary (OR 638)

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What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1708-1711 including the Miracles of Mary with a pasted woodcut, “coloured with coarse paints”

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

Ref: OR 638
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_638

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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