What: An illustrated Ethiopian manuscript dated 1721-1730 containing the Nagara Māryām – the History and Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, arranged for the 12 months of the year

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

Ref: OR 602
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_602

Provenance:
Stamped near 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

What: A 17th century manuscript containing a Lectionary of the Holy Week

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

Ref: OR 600
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_600

Provenance:
Stamped on the 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 manuscript dated 1721-30 containing a Lectionary of the Holy Week

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

Ref: OR 599
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_599

Provenance:
Stamped near 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

What: A manuscript dated 1708-11 containing a Lectionary of the Holy Week

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

Ref: OR 598
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_598

Provenance:
Stamped on the 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 14th-15th century Book of the Rite of the Holy Week, including details of an excommunication by the abuna Yemrehana Krestos

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

Ref: OR 597
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_597

Provenance:
Stamped inside the 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: An 18th century manuscript of Arganona Weddase ‘The Harp of Praise’, including “a drawing of a king on his throne, playing on a harp, and above it, in coarse letters, ንጉሠ ነገሥት ቴዎድሮስ ‘King of Kings Téwodros'”

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

Ref: OR 595
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_595

Provenance:
Stamped inside the 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