What: An 18th century Ethiopian Chronicle of the Kings of Ethiopia

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

Ref: OR 820
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_820

Provenance:
Stamped on first page: “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

What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript of the Life of Alexander the Great

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

Ref: OR 827
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_827

Provenance:
Stamped inside cover: “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

What: A 19th century Ethiopian manuscript containing a collection of medical writings with the healing properties of different items, especially of plants

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

Ref: OR 828
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_828

Provenance:
Stamped on the first page: “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

What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1851 containing a Compendium of History; Chronicles of Ethiopia

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

Ref: OR 821
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_821

Provenance:
Stamped on first page: “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

What: A 19th century Ethiopian manuscript with a Chronographic work and treatise on astronomy, with charts

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

Ref: OR 816
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_816

Provenance:
Stamped inside cover: “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