The Garima Gospels are three ancient Geʽez manuscripts containing all four canonical Gospel Books, as well as some supplementary material like lists of Gospel chapters. Garima 2, the earliest, is beli
Evangelist portrait of Mark from Garima 2, likely the earlier of the two Garima Gospels
Two pages with illuminated Eusebian Canons from Garima 1, likely the later of the two Garima Gospels
Geʽez, sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic, is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Garima Gospels
…between the three manuscripts. Garima 1 has 348 surviving pages, opening with eleven illuminated canon tables in arcades, followed by the Gospel texts in Geʽez; the Ethiopic language of the Kingdom of Axum from the 4th to the 7th centuries, which became and remains the religious language of the Ethiopian Church…
Ezana stone, written in Geʽez explaining King Ezana's conquests and accomplishments
Genesis 29.11–16 in Geʽez
Example of Geʽez taken from a 15th-century Ethiopian Coptic prayer book
The Ezana Stone, engraved between 330 and 356, is written in early Geʽez, Sabaean and Koine Greek.