Kebra Nagast Plate IX - XII
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PLATE IX

Portrait of Our Blessed Lady Mary, the two-fold Virgin, and Child. By her side stand the Archangels Michael and Gabriel
From the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary (edited by Budge, London, 1900, frontispiece)
PLATE X

St. Luke the Evangelist painting the portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary
From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 620, fol. 4 a
PLATE XI

The Nativity. "Jesus lying in a manger" edged with straw. Above, on clouds, are the angels of heaven; on the right, the ass and the ox which wamed the stable with their breath
From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 8 b
PLATE XII

1. The angels appearing to Mary at the birth of Christ
2. The ox and the ass bowing before Christ
From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 100 b