Manuscript found in Ethiopian monastery could be world’s oldest illustrated Christian work

Tuesday July 6, 2010 Archeology, Christianity, RNB's Religion News Blog

A manuscript found in a remote Ethiopian monastery could be the oldest illustrated Christian work in the world, experts have claimed.

Originally thought to be from around the 11th century, new carbon dating techniques place the Garima Gospels between 330 and 650 AD.

The 1,600 year-old texts are named after a monk, Abba Garima, who arrived in Ethiopia in the fifth century.

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According to legend, he copied out the Gospels in just one day after founding the Garima Monastery, near Adwa in the north of the country.

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