The Prince and the Plunder

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An Ethiopian manuscript of the Four Gospels, dated 1664-1665, with 153 drawings (OR 510)

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What: An Ethiopian manuscript of the Four Gospels, dated 1664-1665, with 153 drawings

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

Ref: OR 510
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_510

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

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