The Prince and the Plunder

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

Category: Acts & miracles of the saints

Fragments including bible books, letter to Tewodros, Amharic documents with his seal (OR 829)

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What: Fragments including pictures, bible books, Miracles of Mary, letter to Tewodros, Amharic documents with his seal, hymns, prayers, charms and inventories. Is this a collection of ripped/partial manuscripts picked up at Maqdala?

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

Including Gannat or ‘History of the Fathers’ (OR 766)

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What: An 18th century manuscript of Gannat, or ‘History of the Fathers’. A later hand has added the names of the months in different languages, also the distribution of the races springing from the sons of Noah, and another later hand has added the ‘Comparison of the Lights of Heaven’.

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

Gannat or ‘History of the Fathers’, a hymn and part of a prayer (OR 765)

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What: An early 18th century manuscript of Gannat, or ‘History of the Fathers’. Includes a hymn to the Christian Church and part of another manuscript including part of a prayer.

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

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

A late 17th century manuscript including the Acts of George (OR 712)

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What: A late 17th century manuscript including the Acts of George and The miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 42 in number

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