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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethiopian-manuscripts.html"><H3 class="post-title entry-title"><A href="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethiopian-manuscripts.html"></A> </H3> <DIV class="post-header-line-1"></DIV> <DIV class="post-body entry-content"> <P><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg"><IMG width="421" height="599" title="Alwan Codex 2" alt="Saint with 2 swords" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg/421px-Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_a.jpg"><IMG width="418" height="599" title="Alwan Codex 2" alt="Saint on horseback stabbing dragon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_a.jpg/418px-Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_a.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_b.jpg"><IMG width="426" height="599" title="Alwan Codex 2" alt="Mary with baby Jesus" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_b.jpg/426px-Alwan_Codex_2_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_b.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /></P><DIV>Alwan Codex 2 - Psalter - early 20th century<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><A title="Alwan Codex 2 Ethiopian Biblical Manuscript 20th cent. + Alwan Codex 28 - 20th cent." href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/85009674@N00/2039629191/"><IMG width="500" height="354" alt="2 versions of man playing harp" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/2039629191_688de6b1f7.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>Left: Alwan Codex 2; Right: Alwan Codex 28<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_%28a%29.jpg"><IMG width="409" height="599" title="Alwan Codex 28" alt="Christ on the cross" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_%28a%29.jpg/409px-Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_%28a%29.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg"><IMG width="415" height="599" title="Alwan Codex 28" alt="Saint on horse stabbing dragon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg/415px-Alwan_Codex_28_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>Alwan Codex 28 - Commentary on the Praises of<BR />Mary and Gate of Light, Amharic - 20th century.<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Alwan_Codex_27_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg"><IMG width="419" height="600" title="Alwan Codex 27" alt="man on horseback stabbing dragon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Alwan_Codex_27_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg/419px-Alwan_Codex_27_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>Alwan Codex 27 - Psalter - 19th/20th centuries<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Eliza_Codex_17_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_16th_century.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="280" title="Eliza Codex 17" alt="seated man with 2 children and page of ge'ez text" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2039550957_94cf994c62.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>Eliza Codex 17 - Gospel of John; Horologium of Abba Giyorgis<BR />for the night hours, incomplete - 16th and 18th centuries (composite)<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Eliza_Codex_23_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_a.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="381" title="Eliza Codex 23" alt="Jesus flanked by 2 men and page of ge'ez text" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2246/2040346290_395b77574e.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Eliza_Codex_23_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="374" title="Eliza Codex 23" alt="Mary with child and 2 Saints with swords" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/2040346700_06dd13297f.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>Eliza Codex 23 - Psalter - early 20th century<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Eliza_Codex_24_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_a.jpg"><IMG width="461" height="599" title="Eliza Codex 24 " alt="3 kings" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Eliza_Codex_24_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_a.jpg/461px-Eliza_Codex_24_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_a.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Eliza_Codex_24_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg"><IMG width="451" height="599" title="Eliza Codex 24" alt="Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, camels and onlooker" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Eliza_Codex_24_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg/451px-Eliza_Codex_24_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>Eliza Codex 24 - Psalter - 20th century.<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Eliza_Codex_26_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="328" title="Eliza Codex 26" alt="horseman stabbing dragon and Mary with baby Jesus" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/2039552137_b3eef03a66.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>Eliza Codex 26 -<BR /></DIV><DIV>Pillars of Mystery; Hymn to Mary, "All hosts of heaven glorify you"; Admonition; Amharic Commentary on Our Father; Amharic Commentary on Hail Mary; Wise saying in Amharic; Hymns to God, "All spiritual hosts of angels" - 19th/20th centuries.</DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_-_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844_a.jpg"><IMG width="455" height="599" title="Ethiopian Biblical Manuscript U.Oregon Museum Shelf Mark 10-844" alt="2 crowned winged swordsmen" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_-_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844_a.jpg/455px-Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_-_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844_a.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_-_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844_b.jpg"><IMG width="449" height="599" title="Ethiopian Biblical Manuscript U.Oregon Museum Shelf Mark 10-844" alt="3 men" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_-_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844_b.jpg/449px-Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_-_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844_b.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="348" title="Ethiopian Biblical Manuscript U.Oregon Museum Shelf Mark 10-844" alt="page of ge'ez text and 2 identical Saints" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2088/2040412894_7a35509bc9.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Baptism_-_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844_b.jpg"><IMG width="500" height="339" title="Baptism - U.Oregon Museum" alt="baptism and ornamental figure" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2417/2040347364_c20cdaf227.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Baptism_-_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844.jpg"><IMG width="456" height="599" title="Baptism - Ethiopian Biblical Manuscript U.Oregon Museum Shelf Mark 10-844" alt="baptism in sea" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Baptism_-_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844.jpg/456px-Baptism_-_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript_U.Oregon_Museum_Shelf_Mark_10-844.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV>University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural<BR />History, Shelf Mark 10-844 - Psalter - 20th century.<BR /></DIV><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/The_twelve_apostles_-_British_Library_Add._MS_59874_Ethiopian_Bible.jpg"><IMG width="453" height="500" title="The twelve apostles - British Library Add. MS 59874 Ethiopian Bible" alt="12 apostles in 2 rows" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/2039617509_1d43eac5c2.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV><SPAN>The twelve apostles and the Synodicon</SPAN><BR /></DIV><BR /><DIV>"The standing figures of the twelve apostles acts as a frontispiece for a collection of texts called the Synodicon</DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethiopian-manuscripts.html"><BR /><BR /><A href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Annunciation_to_Zechariah_British_Library_Add._MS_59874_Ethiopian_Bible.jpg"><IMG width="469" height="500" title="Annunciation to Zechariah - British Library Add. MS 59874" alt="2 figures in stylised temple topped with birds" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2017/2040345202_7b5325bc4a.jpg" /></A><BR /><BR /><BR /><DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethiopian-manuscripts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/img/1C5EADFE-BEA4-469C-B5E5-C3BCEFD61838" alt="illuminated ge'ez text page" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethiopian-manuscripts.html"><DIV>The Gospel of Matthew.<BR /></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethiopian-manuscripts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/img/6ECF127D-48B6-483E-9C75-3AA3D5932CD7" alt="Mary, Joseph, Jesus and chicken" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethiopian-manuscripts.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/img/FD264508-1392-42DA-9BE1-46ABC6FAFC0A" alt="Christ in central location surrounded by animals and saints" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E4ECC413-D02E-4840-AE5B-55B774E8DB6D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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