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Topographia christiana is a Greek cosmographical work preserved in three manuscripts: Vaticanus graecus 699, Laurentianus Pluteanus 9.28, and Sinaiticus graecus 1186. It was written around 547-49, circulated anonymous in the later half of the sixth century, and attributed to a Cosmas Indicopleustes (κοσμάς ἰνδικοπλεύστης) by latter hands in the margin of the Sinaiticus and Laurentianus manuscripts. Basing on an Antiochene understanding of the Bible, Cosmas depicts the cosmos as Moses' tabernacle and argues against the Ptolemaic view of the earth as a globe. In the Topographia, he addresses Mar Aba as his teacher and shows polemical attitude against Theodosius I of Alexandria. + Topographia Christiana is one of the most valuable historical material for the late antique Ethiopia. Cosmas provides information on the "silent trade" between ʾAksum and the inland Africa in II.51 and the local animals in Ethiopia in XI.1-8, and mentions the presence of Ethiopian trading ships on Taprobana in XI.12. It also contains the Greek version of RIE 276 and RIE 277 with an illustration of the outlook and position of the inscriptions in II.54-64. According to Cosmas, he copied these inscriptions for Kāleb when the reign of Justinian began. +

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