The Garima Gospels: Early Illuminated Gospel Books from Ethiopia (Manar Al-Athar Monograph) (Manar al-Athar Monographs)

by Francis Watson (Author), JudithS.McKenzie (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2016

  $60.67

  Preserved in the Abba Garima Monastery in the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia, and according to legend written and partly illuminated by the Ethiopian missionary Abbu Garima, who arrived in Ethiopia in 494 CE. This is the first book to present all the illuminated pages with comparative materials. 300+ col illus and preface by Michael Gervers.