MS Ethiopian 21

Date:
19th century
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About this work

Description

A part of The Apocryphal Acts of Apostles. The part dedicated to Paul and Barnabas.

Publication/Creation

Ethiopia, 19th century

Physical description

Fine well done parchment; Material: perg; 2 folios; folia dimensions: diameter 300 mm, length 336 mm, thickness 1 mm

Acquisition note

(1930-12-30): Purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at Stevens, 30 December 1930, lot 310A. Accessioned in June 1936, accession number 84826.

Language note

Ge'ez

Ownership note

(not before 1855, not after 1868): Part of the library of Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopian at Maqdala.
(1868-04): Taken from Maqdala during the British Expedition to Abyssinia in April 1868.

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