The Kebra Nagast: List of Plates

LIST OF PLATES

PLATE
I.	God Almighty the Ancient of Days and the four groups of four "living creatures" seen by Ezekiel	FRONTISPIECE
II.	Two columns of the Ethiopic text of the Kebra Nagast	FACING PACE	1
III.	Moses receiving the Table of the Law from God	„	8
IV.	The Angel of God appearing to Moses	„	16
V.	Aaron holding his rod which blossomed	„	24
VI.	The Archangel Gabriel appearing to Zacharias	„	32
VII.	An angel bringing food to Mary in the temple	„	40
VIII.	Portrait of Our Blessed Lady Mary	,,	48
IX.	St. Luke painting the portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary	„	56
X.	The Nativity	„	64
XI.	The angels appearing to Mary at the birth of Christ	„	72
XII.	Simeon carrying Christ in his arms	„	80
XIII.	The Slaughter of the Innocents	„	88
XIV.	Virgin and Child and Joseph fleeing to Egypt	„	96
XV.	The Baptism of Christ by John (Oriental MS. 481)	„	104
XVI.	The Baptism of Christ by John (Oriental MS. 510)	„	112
XVII.	The Temptation of Christ in the Desert	„	120
XVIII.	The Gadarene swine rushing down into the sea	„	128
XIX.	Christ casting a devil out of a man	„	136
XX.	The Transfiguration	„	144
XXI.	The cock crowing after Peter's denial of our Lord	„	152
XXII.	Christ riding into Jerusalem on the "Day of Hosanna"	„	160

PLATE
XXIII.	The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane	FACING PACE	168
XXIV.	The soldiers binding Christ	„	176
XXV.	The soldiers tying Christ's hands and spitting in His Face	„	184
XXVI.	The Crucifixion	„	192
XXVII.	Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the Cross	„	200
XXVIII.	Christ taking Adam out of Sheol and trampling the Devil under His feet	„	208
XXIX.	The Ascension	„	216
XXX.	The Last Judgement	„	224
XXXI.	Sheol, the abode of the Devil and his angels	„	228

The Kebra Nagast: List of Plates

LIST OF PLATES

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