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The Life and Acts of Takla Haimanot (OR 726)

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What: A late 18th century manuscript of The Life and Acts of Takla Haimanot, discourse on the translation of the saint; his miracles, with an introduction; invocation of Takla Haimanot and other saints, with a hymn

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

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