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Lalibela : wonder of Ethiopia : the monolithic churches and their treasures

Title: Lalibela : wonder of Ethiopia : the monolithic churches and their treasures / Jacques Mercier and Claude Lepage ; [translation from the French by Jennifer White-Thévenot and Jane Degeorges].
Author: Mercier, Jacques, 1946-
Publication: London : Ethiopian Heritage Fund : Paul Holberton Pub., c2012.
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Description

344 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map, plans; 31 cm

Uniform Title

Lalibela. English

Alternative Title

Lalibela.

Subject

Cave churches > Ethiopia > Lalibela
Church architecture > Ethiopia > Lalibela
Church buildings > Ethiopia > Lalibela
Liturgical objects > Ethiopia > Lalibela
Art, Ethiopian > Ethiopia > Lalibela
Lalibela (Ethiopia) > Antiquities

Note

"The texts on the Islamic material (chapter 10) are by Therèse Bittar, translated by Sarah Williams"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-341) and indexes.

Contents

How the churches became famous -- The textual evidence -- The churches and their site -- The Aksumite and post-Aksumite heritage -- Architectural and artistic innovations -- Architecture, furniture and liturgy -- Mystical and royal Lalibela -- Civic and fortified Lalibela -- The churches : conclusions -- Art after King Lalibala -- Lalibela today.

Call Number

Sc G 14-44

ISBN

9781907372193 (cloth)
1907372199 (cloth)
9789994400621 (pbk.)
9994400622 (pbk.)

OCLC

809974064

Author

Mercier, Jacques, 1946-

Title

Lalibela : wonder of Ethiopia : the monolithic churches and their treasures / Jacques Mercier and Claude Lepage ; [translation from the French by Jennifer White-Thévenot and Jane Degeorges].

Imprint

London : Ethiopian Heritage Fund : Paul Holberton Pub., c2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-341) and indexes.

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Lepage, Claude.

Bittar, Thérèse.

Research Call Number

Sc G 14-44

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