The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

Author: Andrew Heavens

A manuscript including the Commentary of John Chrysostom (OR 740)

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What: An 18th century manuscript including the Commentary of John Chrysostom and the Kerlos.

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 manuscript

A commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew (OR 736)

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What: A 17th century manuscript including a commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew. The same commentary as in OR 731 and OR 732

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 manuscript

A commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew (OR 735)

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What: An 18th century manuscript including a commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew. Prefixed with Part of a theological treatise on the Nature of God and other works. Ends with Extracts from the “Lives of the Egyptian Fathers” and other works.

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 manuscript

A commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew and other works from the Time of Tewodros (OR 734)

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What: A 19th century commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew, then notes on the calendar, a tract contrasting various heretical opinions, On the Corporeal Nature of our Lord as a Man, Notes in Amharic, “of the time of king Theodore”.

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

The Life and Acts of Takla Haimanot (OR 727)

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What: A, 18th century manuscript of The Life and Acts of Takla Haimanot,

Discourse on the translation of the saint, his miracles, 18 in number; invocation of Takla Haimanot and other saints. Includes is an inventory in Amharic.

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

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