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The Gospel of John and Miracles of Mary with many pictures (OR 520)

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What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1700 of the Gospel of John and the Miracles of Mary with many pictures

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

Ref: OR 520
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_520

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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