Ethiopian CivilizationB. Giday, 1991 - 188 pages |
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Page 70
... manuscripts embellisned with beautiful illustrations , and excellently bound . Initially , principal events and records were inscribed or cut upon stone , clay , wood , metal and other objects . Later the recording of events reached a ...
... manuscripts embellisned with beautiful illustrations , and excellently bound . Initially , principal events and records were inscribed or cut upon stone , clay , wood , metal and other objects . Later the recording of events reached a ...
Page 72
... manuscripts were embellished too with black and red ink and painted pictures . In writing the manuscripts , a half or a full page was often left blank for appropriate illustrations . The paintings were handsomely executed in harmonious ...
... manuscripts were embellished too with black and red ink and painted pictures . In writing the manuscripts , a half or a full page was often left blank for appropriate illustrations . The paintings were handsomely executed in harmonious ...
Page 74
... manuscripts could vary from small to very large . A medium size book of manuscripts might contain about 120 pages . As a rule the name of the scribe and of the patron who had commissioned the work were written inside . Many of these ...
... manuscripts could vary from small to very large . A medium size book of manuscripts might contain about 120 pages . As a rule the name of the scribe and of the patron who had commissioned the work were written inside . Many of these ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 4 |
The Empire of Aksum | 17 |
Aksum a Mysterious City | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Abba Abreha and Atsbeha Abune Aregawi Addis Ababa Adua Adulis Ahmed Gragn Aksum Aksumite coins Aksumite Emperors Aksumite Empire ancient army Ato Habtu Biete bishop built carved century A.D. Christianity city of Aksum Debre Damo Dejazmatch dynasty Emperor Ezana Emperor Fasil Emperor Kaleb Emperor Yohannes Empire of Aksum Endybis Enfraz Eritrea Ethiopian Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church excavated Ezana Felasha Gebre Meskel Geez Gelawdewos gold Gonder Hauzien hewn churches Holy hymns inscription Italian Jerusalem Kaleb Kibre Negest King Solomon Lalibela land Lasta manuscripts Mariam Menelik Metera metres monastery Moslems obelisks palace port of Adulis Queen of Saba Ras Sihul Mikael Red Sea reign religious rock churches rock-hewn churches ruins rulers Sabean Saint Yared Saizana Shewa Sion Southern Arabia stelae stele stone Tekle Haimanot temples Tewodros thousand throne Tigrai tomb town trade Yeha Yemen Yodit Yohannes IV Zagwe Zagwe Dynasty Zara Yacob