What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1730 including the first part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 663 which has the second part
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 662
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_662
Provenance:
Stamped on the first page: “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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