Byzantium, Ethiopia, Armenia: The Illuminated East

The gilded word beyond Latin Europe: the purple Vienna Genesis and Rossano Gospels, Byzantine manuscript treasures, the Garima Gospels of Ethiopia — arguably the earliest illuminated Christian books on earth — and Armenian miniature.

Playlist by @illuminated_art

14 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Jacob wrestling the angel, Vienna Genesis — Smarthistory
2. Ethiopian Gospel Book—Getty Conversations — Smarthistory
3. Garima Gospels: World's Oldest Illuminated Manuscripts found in ETHIOPIA. — Emperors
4. Theodora's Codex (Byzantine Manuscript) — Patristix
5. Ethiopian Gospel Book — Getty Museum
6. Engaging with the Garima Gospels: the earliest illuminated Gospel books from Ethiopia, Mai Musie — Classical Association Northern Ireland
7. Armenian Treasures at the Met: Gospel Illuminations — EasternDiocese
8. Byzantine Manuscripts — ETSU Online
9. Christina Maranci: Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts — AGBU Video
10. Matenadaran ancient manuscripts collection — Ecoclimax
11. Armenia’s Magnificent Repository of Manuscripts — ArmeniaFund
12. Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts — Art History 101
13. Figures and scenes of Greek antiquity in Byzantine manuscripts — Quidam Graecus
14. Vienna Genesis Illuminated Manuscript — Jennifer Patch