TY  - GEN
AU  - Mercier, Jacques
AU  - Lepage, Claude
TI  - Lalibela wonder of Ethiopia : the monolithic Churches and their treasures
SN  - 9781907372193
U1  - 726.509634 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Paul Holberton publishing
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
ETHIOPIAN HERITAGE FUND	9 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS		10
CHAPTER ONE 
HOW THE CHURCHES BECAME FAMOUS	12
CHAPTER TWO
THE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE	22      
CHAPTER THREE
THE CHURCHES AND THEIR SITE	26      
CHAPTER FOUR
THE AKSUMITE AND POST-AKSUMITE HERITAGE	68      
CHAPTER FIVE
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTIC INNOVATIONS	82      
CHAPTER SIX
ARCHITECTURE, FURNITURE AND LITURGY   	150       
CHAPTER SEVEN
MYSTICAL AND ROYAL LALIBELA	168       
CHAPTER EIGHT
CIVIC AND FORTIFIED LALIBELA	208      
CHAPTER NINE
THE CHURCHES: CONCLUSIONS	252      
CHAPTER TEN
ART AFTER KING LALIBALA	284      
CHAPTER ELEVEN
LALIBELA TODAY	324	
APPENDIX I: ALVARES'S DESCRIPTIONS OF LALIBELA	330
APPENDIX II: POINTS ARISING IN CHAPTER TWO	331	
APPENDIX III: TRANSLITERATIONS OF SENTENCES	333
BIBLIOGRAPHY	334
INDEX TO LALIBELA'S MONUMENTS AND TREASURES	342
GENERAL INDEX	343
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS	344

ER  -