World’s first illustrated Christian Bible discovered at Ethiopian monastery
The world’s earliest illustrated Christian book has been saved by a
British charity which located it at a remote Ethiopian monastery.
The incredible Garima Gospels are named after a monk who arrived in
the African country in the fifth century and is said to have copied
them out in just one day.
Beautifully illustrated, the colours are still vivid and thanks to the Ethiopian Heritage Fund have been conserved.
Abba Garima arrived from Constantinople in 494 AD and legend has it
that he was able to copy the Gospels in a day because God delayed the
sun from setting.
Written in Ge’ez an ancient dead language of Ethiopia it’s nearly 800 years older than the King James Version and contains 81-88 books compared to 66. It includes the Book of ENOCH, Esdras, Buruch and all 3 Books of MACCABEE, and a host of others that was excommunicated from the KJV. Carbon dating, however, gives a date between 330 and 650 The incredible relic has been kept ever since in the Garima Monastery near Adwa in the north of the country, which is in the Tigray region at 7,000 feet.
Ethiopia, Africa
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