What: “A manuscript charm, on a vellum strip, in the Coptic character, and with rude illustrations of saints, &c.”
Where: Unknown
Description
One of 21 artefacts from the Abyssinian expedition put on show at the National Exhibition of Works of Art in Leeds in 1868
According to the exhibition’s catalogue, it was lent by Private T. Goodwin , 3rd Dragoons, from Leeds. There are no details on what happened to it after the show closed in October that year.
A Private Thomas Goodwin is in the official list of men from the 3rd Dragoons who got an Abyssinian Campaign medal.
Sources
National Exhibition of Works of Art, at Leeds, 1868 : official catalogue
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