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My first impression of the __Bible from Ethiopia__ is one of amazement. The illustrations are beautiful and the text is neat with margins so precise it's hard to believe that it was done by hand. This manuscript shows many of the design techniques used today. Each illustration has a "caption" or "title" to go along with it, probably explaining what it is depicting. Many of the illustrations are featured throughout an entire page, but some are included in text, with the text wrapping around the picture or the picture used to frame the text. I see contrast within the text in the use of black and red ink. Although I have no idea what the words are, I assume that the red text has been chosen to stand out because it is important. I see proximity in the the use of illustrations to frame the text and separate the columns of text. I see repetition in the illustrations' colors and technique. And I see alignment within the text in the form of columns on some pages and centered text on others. Both forms of alignment have perfectly straight margins. I believe that the use of these techniques proved that this was a very important document to the people whom it was intended for.