The Prince and the Plunder

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The Gospels with portraits of the evangelists (OR 515)

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What: An Ethiopian manuscript, dated 1675-1676, of the four gospels including images of the evangelists and their emblems.

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

Ref: OR 515
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_515

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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