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Item Number: 113445
Title: Lalibela : Wonder of Ethiopia : The Monolithic Churches and their Treasures
Author: Mercier, Jacques ; Claude Lepage
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781907372193
Description: London: Holberton, 2012. 31cm., hardcover, 344pp. prof. illus., most in color. English edition. Summary: The Unesco World Heritage site of Lalibela in Ethiopia is one of the most extraordinary places in the world. It contains thirteen churches hewn or carved from the native tufa rock. As legend has it, the site was founded in the 13th century by King Lalibela, ruler of a newly united kingdom centuries after the fall of the sacred capital Aksum. Lalibela and the Ethiopian kingdom remained unknown to the West during the period of the Crusades and first came to notice when its ruler sent an embassy to Portugal at the beginning of the 16th century. The authors examine the fragmentary evidence - including decorations, church furnishings, manuscripts, and mural paintings - and consider this extraordinary site in all its many dimensions - historical, cultural, archaeological, architectural, art historical, and documentary.
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