What: A 19th Ethiopian Book containing “a large collection of magical prayers, charms, and incantations”

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

Ref: OR 566
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_566

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