Kebra Nagast Plate XXV - XXVIII
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PLATE XXV
The soldiers binding Christ
From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 105 a
PLATE XXVI
The soldiers tying Christ's hands and spitting in His face
From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 68 a
PLATE XXVII
How the Jews crucified our Lord. The Virgin Mary stands on His right and St. John on His left. Between the Virgin and the Cross stands Longinus, the soldier who pierced our Lord's side. The Crusaders are said to have found the body of Longinus in the church of St. Peter at Antioch in the XIth century
From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 72 a
PLATE XXVIII
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the Cross
From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 73 a
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