When you've been sitting indoors for days and need to get out and catch some sun…

Ethiopia, 18th c. #darkness #darkfantasy #devil #africanart

I strongly suspect that Ethiopia and Eritrea have more lion-riding saints than any other Christian culture 🦁

This is St Sāmuʾel of Wāldǝbbā (አባ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ዘዋልድባ፡), who lived in the 14th–15th c.

#samuelofwaldebba #africansaint #lion #lion rider #africanart

To those who celebrate Palm Sunday today: Happy Feast! 🌴

ሆሣዕና፡ በአርያም፨
Hosanna in the highest!

Ethiopia, 15th c. #palmsunday #hosanna #JesusChrist #donkey #africanart

'You talkin' to me?'

Ethiopia, 16th c. #mark #evangelist #writing #africanart

Modern-day equestrians, what's stopping you and your horses from dressing like this?

Ethiopia, 18th c. #rider #horse #africanrider #africanart

Parchment is an organic material, so the surface of a leaf is rarely completely even. On this illumination, the color of some protruding parts has been worn off, leaving white areas.

The three Old-Testament Patriarchs (Ethiopia, 15th–16th c.) #abraham #patriarchs #africanart

'Bye bye, I'm out of here!'

Ethiopia, 18th c. #angel #seasnake #seamonster #torch #africanart

'You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains,
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas!'

#StMary #raisemeup #uplifting #joshgroban #africanart