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020 _a9781907372193
082 _a726.509634
_bMER
100 _aMercier, Jacques
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245 _aLalibela wonder of Ethiopia : the monolithic Churches and their treasures
260 _c2012
_aLondon
_bPaul Holberton publishing
300 _a344p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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
600 _950108
700 _aLepage, Claude
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890 _aUK
891 _aGENERAL
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