THE GARIMA GOSPELS  --  Possibly The Earliest Illustrated Christian Manuscript  --  Discovered in a remote Ethiopian monastery.  Previously assumed to date from about 1100 CE.  New radiocarbon dating conducted in Oxford suggests they were made between 330-650 CE.  They may transform our knowledge about the development of illuminated manuscripts  throw new light on the spread of Christianity into sub-Saharan Africa.  Preserved in an isolated monastery, set among mountains at 7,000 feet.