What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript including the Acts of ‘Abib, a Prayer for Absolution and Mashafa Bahri, an office for the Sick in body and mind

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

Ref: OR 694
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_694

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