The origins of the Geʽez script date back to the 4th century AD. The oldest known example found on the Hawulti obelisk in Matara, Eritrea. This ancient inscription, containing pagan references, predates the adoption of Christianity in the Kingdom of Aksum around 325 AD. As Aksum transitioned to Christianity, Geʽez literature flourished. The oldest surviving manuscript, the Garima Gospels, dating to the 5th-6th centuries. The most famous text from the 4th century is the Ethiopic Bible, which comp

🇪🇹📜 In #Ethiopia, liturgical chants and prayers are conducted exclusively from manuscripts made from #parchment, rather than paper. But the process of producing these #manuscripts is lengthy and the custom is rapidly fading. Watch this report in Eye on Africa - France 24 ⤵️ | FRANCE 24 English