What: A manuscript dated 1767 of the Dēggwä, a hymnbook of the Ethiopian Church for the whole year, with musical notes
Where: The British Library, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Ref: OR 585
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_585
Provenance:
Stamped near 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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