The Prince and the Plunder

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

Category: Festivals & miracles of Mary, Jesus & the angels

The Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ (OR 625)

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What: An 18th century manuscript including The Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 41 in number.

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

The Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ (OR 623)

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What: An 18th century manuscript including The Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 41 in number

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

The Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ (OR 621)

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What: An 18th century manuscript including The Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ, including a leaf from an elegant 17th century Psalter

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

Discourses for the Festivals of the Archangel Michael and the Angel Gabriel, with homilies (OR 616)

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What: An 18th century manuscript including Discourses for the Festivals of the Archangel Michael, an Exhortation for the commemoration of the nine Guardian Angels, Discourses for the Festivals of the Angel Gabriel and homilies

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

Discourses for the Festivals of the Archangel Michael (OR 612)

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What: An 18th century manuscript, “written in a fair hand”, including Discourses for the Festivals of the Archangel Michael, with a miracle appended to each

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts

Discourses for the Festivals of the Archangel Michael (OR 611)

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What: A manuscript written by two people – one from the 18th and one from the 19th century – including Discourses for the Festivals of the Archangel Michael

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

Provenance: 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

Does not appear in British Library’s online catalogue or list of digitised manuscripts