What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript containing the Song of Songs and a gloss on that book in Amharic

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

Ref: OR 495
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_495

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