The Prince and the Plunder

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

A manuscript of the ‘The Story of Mary’ and the homily for Festivals of the Virgin Mary (OR 604)

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What: An illustrated Ethiopian manuscript dated 1716 containing the Nagara Māryām – the History and Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and and the homily for Festivals of the Virgin Mary. “This volume is full of lists of furniture, dress and books, deeds of gift, and similar documents, in Amharic, written on the blank pages and on the margins.”

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