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**The Ethiopic Bible - The Christ in His Majesty**

When I first enrolled in this course, EDLD 5366 Digita Graphics, I imagined I would be immersed in technological innovations and specialized processes related to producing visual products. I did not spend much time reflecting on what I would really be doing. This week, I have come to realize that what I am really studying is the ancient art of creating visual communications or messages by combining text and illustrations, and there have always been basic principles of design that apply to these illustrations. The seventeenth century manuscript I chose to analyze is a selection of the Ethiopic Bible pictured above that represents the risen Christ. The bold primary colors of yellow, blue and red create a beautiful contrast and frame the central figure of Christ, who is placed in green to distinguish Him from the four other creatures. The repetition four times of each of the four figures creates a design in each corner of the manuscript and balances it. Each of the four faces (the face of a man, the head of an eagle, the head of an ox and the head of a lion) has a book in their proximity. There is one book in the center of each group, and a book is also repeated in Christ’s left hand. Everything in the manuscript has significance and is aligned to tell the story. The heads are mentioned in Revelation 4:7, and Ezekiel 1:10. They speak of the cherubim that will be with the resurrected Christ in heaven. There is a border at the bottom of the manuscript and the pattern is repeated two times. Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity are all well represented in this manuscript of the Ethiopic Bible picturing the Resurrected Christ with His angels.

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