What: A 19th Ethiopian Book of the Funeral Ritual

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

Ref: OR 553
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_553

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