The Prince and the Plunder

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

Tag: British Library

An 18th century manuscript including Philoxenus on the Paradise of Palladius (OR 760)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript including Philoxenus on the Paradise of Palladius Aragāwi Manfasawi and Mar Isaac of Nineveh

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

Ref: OR 760
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_760

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

An 18th century manuscript containing ‘Aragawi manfasawi’ (OR 762)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript containing ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, The Spiritual Elder and History of the Great Fathers

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

Ref: OR 762
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_762

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

An 18th century manuscript containing ‘Mashafa Manakosat’ (OR 763)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript containing ‘Maṣḥafa Manakosāt’

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

Ref: OR 763
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_763

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

A 17th century manuscript of the History of the Fathers (OR 764)

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What: A 17th century Ethiopian manuscript of the History of the Fathers. An “ascetic compilation”

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

Ref: OR 764
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_764

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

An 18th century manuscript of the History of the Fathers (OR 767)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript of the History of the Fathers. An “ascetic compilation”

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

Ref: OR 767
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_767

Provenance:
Stamped near 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

An 18th century manuscript of the History of the Fathers (OR 768)

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What: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript of the History of the Fathers. An “ascetic compilation”

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

Ref: OR 768
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_768

Provenance:
Stamped near 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