What: One of two psalters in the university’s collection that the 19th century scholar William Wright said “no doubt came from Magdala”. Those two could be any of the eight psalters most recently listed in a 1961 catalogue of Cambridge’s Ethiopian manuscripts – from MS XIII (Or. 1886) to MS XX (Add. 1489). Where: Cambridge University […]

What: One of two psalters in the university’s collection that the 19th century scholar William Wright said “no doubt came from Magdala”. Those two could be any of the eight psalters most recently listed in a 1961 catalogue of Cambridge’s Ethiopian manuscripts – from MS XIII (Or. 1886) to MS XX (Add. 1489). Where: Cambridge University […]

What: One of at least 10 manuscripts in the university’s collection that the 19th century scholar William Wright said “no doubt came from Magdala”. He could be referring to one of three books most recently listed in a 1961 catalogue of Cambridge’s Ethiopian manuscripts – possibly MS XXIV (Add. 696), MS XXV (Add. 2632) or […]