Nestorian_Evangelion
Nestorian Evangelion
16th-century illuminated East Syriac Gospel Book
The Nestorian Evangelion[1] (French: Évangéliaire nestorien,[2] also known as Vie de Jésus-Christ ['Life of Jesus Christ']; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS syr. 344) is a 16th-century Church of the East Gospel Book which contains 18 illustrations depicting the life of Jesus Christ, with captions in Syriac (larger in size) and Armenian.[3] The manuscript was donated by the Chaldean Catholic archbishop Addaï Scher to the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 1909.[4]