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050 4 $aNA6086$b.F58 2017
082 04 $a276/.00963$223
100 1 $aFitzgerald, Mary Anne,$eauthor.
245 10 $aEthiopia :$bthe living churches of an ancient kingdom /$cMary Anne Fitzgerald with Philip Marsden ; photography, Nigel Pavitt, Frederic Courbet, Justus Mulinge, Carol Beckwith, Angela Fisher ; edited by Carolyn Ludwig and Morris Jackson.
264 1 $aCairo, Egypt :$bA Ludwig Publishing edition, The American University in Cairo Press,$c[2017]
264 4 $c©2017
300 $axi, 523 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;$c35 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
336 $acartographic image$bcrt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aMap on endpapers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 518-519) and index.
520 8 $aThe ancient Axumite Kingdom, now a part of Ethiopia, was possibly the first nation in the world to convert to Christianity. In AD 340 King Ezana commissioned the construction of the imposing basilica of St. Mary of Tsion. It was here, the Ethiopians say, that Menelik, son of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, brought the Ark of the Covenant containing the Ten Commandments. By the fifth century, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church had spread beyond Axum into the countryside, aided by nine saints from Byzantium, and over the next ten centuries a series of spectacular churches were either built or excavated out of solid rock in the region, all of them in regular use to this day. Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has the best known cluster, but the northern state of Tigray, less famous and more remote, has many churches that are masterpieces of design.Ethiopia: The Living Churches of an Ancient Kingdom traces the broad sweep of ecclesiastical history, legend, art, and faith in this sub-Saharan African kingdom and describes some seventy of the most breathtaking churches, with their astounding architecture, colorful decoration, and important religious festivals, all illustrated by more than eight hundred superb color photographs by some of the most celebrated international photographers of traditional cultures. This magnificent, large-format, full-color volume is the most comprehensive celebration yet published of the extraordinary Christian architectural and cultural heritage of Ethiopia.
650 0 $aChurch architecture$zEthiopia.
650 0 $aChurch buildings$zEthiopia.
651 0 $aEthiopia$xChurch history.
650 7 $aRELIGION / Christianity / Denominations.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aChurch buildings.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00860599
651 7 $aEthiopia.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01205830
700 1 $aMarsden, Philip,$d1961-$eauthor.
700 1 $aPavitt, Nigel,$ephotographer.
700 1 $aCourbet, Frederic,$ephotographer.
700 1 $aMulinge, Justus,$ephotographer.
700 1 $aLudwig, Carolyn,$eeditor.
700 1 $aJackson, Morris,$eeditor.
852 00 $boff,glx$hNA6086$i.F58 2017g