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Isaiah, The Ascension of Isaiah and the 12 Minor Prophets (502)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript of Isaiah, The Ascension of Isaiah and the 12 Minor Prophets

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

Ref: OR 502
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_502

Provenance:
Stamped at the front: “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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