The Prince and the Plunder

A book on how Britain took one boy and piles of treasures from Ethiopia

114 missing British Library manuscripts

Published / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a Comment

OR 512, 527, 528, 530, 531, 532, 539, 540, 541, 542, 547, 549, 550, 552, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 571, 574, 576, 577, 582, 583, 587, 588, 589, 592, 596, 601, 606, 610, 611 *, 612, 616, 621, 623, 625, 627, 628, 630, 632, 661 **, 669, 677, 682, 687 ***, 688 ***, 690 **, 692, 696, 703, 712, 726, 727, 734, 735, 736, 740, 742, 743, 744, 745, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 759, 761, 765, 766, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 780, 781, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 793, 795, 797, 798, 799, 800, 802, 803, 804, 805, && 807, 810 ****, 811 ****, 813 ****, 815, 825, 829

* originally presented to Queen Vic and presented by her to the British Museum
** half a pair
*** a pair
**** possibly among last known copies of the Chronology

114 missing manuscripts
sometimes in patterns – every other one. Often when there are several copies of something, a few at the end of that section disappear

Also can’t find the miscellanea listed under OR 829*

OR 819 – Kebra Nagast, or the Glory of Kings, restored to King John, the successor of King Theodore, in 1872

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