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Kebra Nagast Plate XXIX - XXXII

PLATE XXIX

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Christ taking Adam out of Sheol and trampling the Devil under His feet

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 108 b

PLATE XXX

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Christ ascending into heaven and being received by angels. Below are the Virgin Mary and the Apostles

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 109 b

PLATE XXXI

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The Last Judgement. God Almighty, holding a standard with flags attached to it, sits in the centre with His angels about Him. On His right are seated the blessed, clothed, and on His left are the damned in the form of naked men and women. At His feet lie 'Diabolus, the lover of iniquity' and two other fiends

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 62 b

PLATE XXXII

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Sheol, the abode of the Devil and his angels. Three of Satan's chief devils dragging the souls of the damned with chains of fire through the fire-pits of hell

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 63 a

Kebra Nagast Plate XXV - XXVIII

PLATE XXV

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The soldiers binding Christ

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 105 a

PLATE XXVI

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The soldiers tying Christ's hands and spitting in His face

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 68 a

PLATE XXVII

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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

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Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the Cross

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 73 a

Kebra Nagast Plate XXI - XXIV

PLATE XXI

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The Transfiguration. Christ in converse with Moses and Elias on Mount Tabor

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 102 b

PLATE XXII

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The cock crowing after St. Peter's denial of our Lord. The figures to the left are those of Mary and John

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 104 b

PLATE XXIII

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Christ riding into Jerusalem on an ass on the "Day of Hosanna" (Palm Sunday)

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 52 a

PLATE XXIV

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An angel bringing the Cross and the cup to Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. By Him are Peter, John, and James asleep

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 66 a

Kebra Nagast Plate XVII - XX

PLATE XVII

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1. John the Baptist baptizing Christ in the Jordan
2. The heavenly dove hovering over Christ as He leaves the water

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 12 a

PLATE XVIII

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The Temptation of Christ in the Desert. The Devil appears in the form of an elderly bearded man and is offering a stone to our Lord. Behind him stands the Spirit of Satan in the form of a man with wings, horns, and claws instead of feet

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 12 b

PLATE XIX

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The Gadarene swine rushing down into the sea

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 22 a

PLATE XX

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Christ casting a devil out of a man in the presence of the Jews and His Apostles

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 312

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