The Prince and the Plunder

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

Category: Manuscripts

Isaiah, The Ascension of Isaiah and the 12 Minor Prophets (502)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript of Isaiah, The Ascension of Isaiah and the 12 Minor Prophets

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

Ref: OR 502
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_502

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

Manuscript including an “exposition of the beauty of created things” (OR 503)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript including “exposition of the beauty of created things” and and a list of the Biblical Books, as received in the Ethiopian Church.

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

Ref: OR 503
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_503

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

A manuscript including Ezekiel, Jeremiah and the four books of Esdras (OR 504)

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What: An Ethiopian manuscript including Ezekiel, Jeremiah and the four books of Esdras, dated 1755

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

Ref: OR 504
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_504

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

Manuscript including the Book of Maccabees (OR 505)

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What: An Ethiopian manuscript including The Book of Maccabees, dated 1721-1730

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

Ref: OR 505
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_505

Provenance:
Stamped on the 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

Manuscript including the Book of Maccabees (OR 506)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript including the Book of Maccabees and an exposition of its words and phrases

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

Ref: OR 506
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_506

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

A 15th Century manuscript of The Four Gospels (OR 507)

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What: A 15th century Ethiopian manuscript of the four gospels, including portraits of the four evangelists

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

Ref: OR 507
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_507

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