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A 15th Century manuscript of The Four Gospels (OR 507)

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What: A 15th century Ethiopian manuscript of the four gospels, including portraits of the four evangelists

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

Ref: OR 507
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_507

Provenance:
Stamped at 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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