What: A 19th century Ethiopian manuscript with a Chronographic work and treatise on astronomy, with charts

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

Ref: OR 816
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_816

Provenance:
Stamped inside cover: “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

What: A 17th century Ethiopic translation of the Arabic text of the ‘Universal History’ of Jirjis ibn Abi Yasir ibn

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

Ref: OR 814
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_814

Provenance:
Stamped on first page: “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

What: A 17th century Ethiopian manuscript of The Chronological System of Abu Shaker, with diagrams

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

Ref: OR 812
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_812

Provenance:
Stamped on first page: “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

What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1667 of The Chronological System of Abu Shaker

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

Ref: OR 809
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_809

Provenance:
Stamped on first page: “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