What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1730 including the second part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 658 which has the first part

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

Ref: OR 659
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_659

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 1654-1655 including the first part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints.

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

Ref: OR 660
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_660

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

In Wright’s catalogue, it is paired with OR 661 which has the second part. But OR 661 does not appear in the British Library’s online catalogues.

What: An Ethiopian manuscript dated 1730 including the first part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 663 which has the second part

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

Ref: OR 662
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_662

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 1730 including the second part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 662 which has the first part

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

Ref: OR 663
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_663

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 1784-1788 including the first part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 665 which has the second part

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

Ref: OR 664
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_664

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 1784-1788 including the second part of the Synaxarium, or Lives of the Saints. Paired in Wright’s catalogue with OR 664 which has the first part

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

Ref: OR 665
Digital version – http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_665

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