What: An Ethiopian manuscript including The Book of Maccabees, dated 1721-1730

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

Ref: OR 505
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_505

Provenance:
Stamped on the inside cover: “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